Incident date: 2024-08-28
NAICS industry code: 331492

An employee was using a hydraulic shear machine to cut a copper pipe and partially amputated their right ring finger.

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