Incident date: 2020-11-20
NAICS industry code: 339999

On November 20, 2020, an employee was preparing to use a metal shear. As he handled the sheet metal to be trimmed, his right hand slipped toward the shear's blade, which amputated his ring and middle fingers at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high