Incident date: 2016-03-18
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was testing the galvanized metal shear when a right-hand finger was caught and amputated by the shear.

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