Incident date: 2018-05-17
NAICS industry code: 237120

On May 17, 2018, an employee and a coworker were preparing to move steel plates. The coworker had the steel plates lifted with a pry bar while the employee's hand was placing a clamp under them. The coworker removed the pry bar, which caused the steel plates to fall onto the employee's left middle finger and resulted in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high