Incident date: 2020-05-29
NAICS industry code: 813410

An employee was moving a backpack with a pair of lopping shears attached to the side when the shears opened and amputated his right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high