Incident date: 2018-04-27
NAICS industry code: 332812

On April 24, 2018, an employee was operating a hydraulic shear to cut samples when the shear's hold-down clamp crushed the employee's left index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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), unspecified
severity: high