Incident date: 2017-08-25
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was working with a coworker to build concrete forms that consist of a metal plate and metal rails held together with magnets. They were moving the rails when the magnets pulled the pieces together, pinching and amputating the injured employee's right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Rails-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high