Incident date: 2018-07-26
NAICS industry code: 336411

An employee was fabricating a shop aid out of aluminum sheet metal. While he was using a manual, foot-operated shear, his left ring fingertip was caught under a material clamp on the shear, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high