Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 333249

An employee was using a shear machine to trim material. While making the cut, the shear blade came down on the employee's fingers, lacerating the top of their left middle and index fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Shearing machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate