Incident date: 2021-04-19
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was cleaning a 12-foot steel bar on a rack. He was trying to keep the bar from rolling off the rack when his thumb was caught between the bar and the rack. The tip of his thumb and part of the thumbnail were crushed and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high