Incident date: 2023-01-04
NAICS industry code: 441210

An employee was operating a 6-foot sheet metal shear. The material he was cutting slipped over the backstop and his left hand then slid into the shear area. The employee sustained amputations to three fingertips on their left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high