Incident date: 2022-01-18
NAICS industry code: 331110

At 2:15 p.m. on January 18, 2022, an employee was shearing 14-gauge alloy steel sheet material on a hydraulic shear. When the machine activated, the plunger of the hydraulic hold-down cylinder came down and crushed his left middle fingertip, causing an amputation.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high