Incident date: 2019-10-29
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was handling two industrial magnets. The magnets attracted each other while in the worker's hands, came together, and amputated his left thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high