Incident date: 2019-09-12
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was removing a beam from a blaster and manually turning it to remove a steel shot when the beam rolled onto his hand, resulting in a left ring finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high