Incident date: 2016-09-12
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was holding the corner of a piece of 3/8" steel plate as it was being cut by a shear. The blade failed to cut but caused the plate to tip, applying pressure to the plate corner, which amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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