Incident date: 2016-07-22
NAICS industry code: 337215

On 7/22/16, at 10:30 a.m., an employee was setting up a shear to shear parts and was adjusting the stops. During the setup, the shear cycled and his left middle finger was caught in the pinch point between the bench and the part hold-down, amputating his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high