Incident date: 2018-11-06
NAICS industry code: 337124

An employee was operating a shear when it came down on the employee's fingers, resulting in amputations to the left index and ring fingers. The guard was in the up position at the time of the incident.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high