Incident date: 2024-12-07
NAICS industry code: 333319

An employee was feeding stainless steel into a shear when the shear amputated four of their fingers. The machine was not guarded.

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