Incident date: 2017-06-30
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was changing blades on a shear when his left hand was caught in the blade holder, amputating part of his thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high