Incident date: 2019-08-28
NAICS industry code: 541330

At about 10:20 a.m. on August 28, 2019, a St. Louis Service Base employee was using an industrial shear to cut 6-inch by 6-inch strips of 3/8-inch-thick steel for an ongoing fabrication project. While placing the metal sheet into the shear, the employee closed the clamping apparatus. The apparatus closed on the employee's right ring finger, pinching it under the metal sheet and amputating the last quarter-inch, with exposed nerve endings and bone damage. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

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