Incident date: 2021-01-29
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was transferring a 55-gallon drum to a secondary containment pallet. The employee slipped and fell, causing the drum to also fall. The drum fell on the employee's hand, resulting in the amputation of the right index fingertip and the right middle finger at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high