Incident date: 2019-05-09
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was shearing a piece of 1/4" thick X 4" wide piece of steel flat bar on an ironworker machine. The employee's gloved, left middle finger was caught between the flat bar and the shear resulting in a fingertip amputation with bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high