Incident date: 2016-03-07
NAICS industry code: 238310

Two employees were operating a manual, foot-operated shear to cut aluminum sheet metal. The injured employee was helping to hold down the sheet metal when the second employee operated the shear, amputating the injured employee's right index and middle fingertips.

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