Incident date: 2025-03-19
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was working with a machine operator to cut 12-inch lengths of epoxy-coated rebar using a shear line machine when the machine plate crushed his right ring and little fingers, resulting in amputations of the fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Shearing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high