Incident date: 2019-09-12
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cutting pieces of metal on a shear. The employee's hand was under the hold-down when it actuated, crushing the employee's left thumb and resulting in a partial left thumb 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high