Incident date: 2024-02-15
NAICS industry code: 331492

An employee was cutting metal with a mechanical shear. The shear's blade came into contact with the employee's left ring finger, causing an amputation to the finger. The shear was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Shearing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high