Incident date: 2016-06-27
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was clearing a jam in the shear when the machine activated via the foot pedal and amputated three right-hand fingers above the second joint. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high