Incident date: 2018-08-10
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was placing shims to align crop dies in a shear machine. When the machine was activated, the employee's right hand was caught in the point of operation resulting in partial amputations to two fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high