Incident date: 2015-04-29
NAICS industry code: 336612

An employee's right middle fingertip was amputated on a Shear machine.  The cylinder, which comes down with the guard and holds the material in place, came down onto the employee's finger when he engaged the foot pedal.

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