Incident date: 2019-07-11
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was removing aluminum from a piece of scrap copper using a shear. As he was using the shear, it cut his finger, resulting in an amputation to the right pinky fingertip just below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high