Incident date: 2015-09-25
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was carrying a catalytic convertor cutter with his hand in the shearer. The employee accidently stepped on the activation switch closing the shearer and amputating two fingers on the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high