Incident date: 2017-03-09
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was operating a shear while standing at the end to catch material as it came out. The employee saw a piece of plastic balling up and attempted to remove it when a quarter inch of his left finger was amputated.

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