Incident date: 2020-05-18
NAICS industry code: 336411

On May 18, 2020, at approximately 10:15 a.m., an employee was helping another employee cut sheet aluminum and when his left thumb entered the shear at the same time that the other employee stepped onto the lever. The shear then amputated the employee's left thumb tip.

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