Incident date: 2018-10-01
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee of The Phoenix Group was in a sample room at a steel plant, using a shear to cut down a steel specimen. The hold-down device contacted his ring finger, causing a partial amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

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), unspecified
severity: high