Incident date: 2017-07-11
NAICS industry code: 333319

An employee was helping to operate a metal shear. He was behind the machine when it cycled. The backstop came down and caught his hand between it and a material handling cart. He injured his right-hand palm and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate