Incident date: 2024-01-05
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was positioning metal to be cut by a shear. The shear activated and the clamps pressed down on the employee's hands. Three of the employee's fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Shearing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high