Incident date: 2019-11-22
NAICS industry code: 332999

Two employees were operating a metal shearing machine. It jammed and, while one of the employees was helping free the material, the shear blade came down on the tip of her left thumb. The thumb tip was amputated. The machine was guarded at the time.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high