Incident date: 2025-02-14
NAICS industry code: 423510

Two employees were lifting a steel coil off a pallet to retrieve a chain underneath. The injured employee reached to grab the chain when the wood pallet broke, causing the steel coil to fall and pinch their left index finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Springs, coils
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high