Incident date: 2020-07-10
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was cutting metal on a shear machine. The machine cycled and the ram came down to hold the piece of metal. It crushed the tip of the employee's right little finger, which was medically amputated to the first knuckle.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high