Incident date: 2015-09-03
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee using a power shear amputated a digit on his left index finger when his finger got caught between the shear blades.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high