Incident date: 2018-01-09
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was using a metal shear to shear an 8' x 16" wide aluminum scrap roofing material to 4" x 4" test strips when his hand went under the guard and the stops came down and crushed both of his index fingertips. His left index finger required a 5 mm amputation from the tip end of the bone. His right  index finger was debrided.

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