Incident date: 2023-01-25
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was recycling honeycomb from a catalytic converter. A small piece of metal was caught in the opening where the blade enters the base of the guillotine shear. The employee was dislodging the piece of metal using a hammer and the force of the shear itself. His right index finger was under the handle of the hammer when the press contacted the hammer and crushed it. The fingertip was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high