Incident date: 2023-12-14
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was setting up a sheet of 0.04-inch aluminum to cut on a shear. As he got close to the end of the sheet, he pressed the foot pedal to make another cut, which activated the material holders. The holders crushed the employee's right middle and ring fingers resulting in fractures and amputations down to the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high