Incident date: 2017-08-12
NAICS industry code: 327215

An employee was cutting a piece of metal with a shear machine when the machine amputated the employee's thumb tip. The machine was unguarded 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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high