Incident date: 2023-08-08
NAICS industry code: 331315

Two employees had just set up an automated aluminum circle shear. When the shear was started up, its sheet feeding arm struck one of the employees, who suffered cracked vertebra and a cracked rib.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate