Incident date: 2017-08-29
NAICS industry code: 333924

On August 29, 2017, an employee was loading material into an industrial shear when the material retention clamp closed on and amputated the employee's finger.

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