Incident date: 2022-05-18
NAICS industry code: 335313

An employee was using a shearing machine. As he positioned a metal bracket to be cut, his hand slipped. The machine then activated and its blade amputated four fingers on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

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