Incident date: 2024-06-07
NAICS industry code: 336214

An employee was cutting parts for toolboxes using a metal shear when the shear actuated and his right thumb was amputated to the base of the thumb.

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: Thumb(s)
severity: high