Incident date: 2021-10-21
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was using a crowbar to align steel on a machine when the crowbar slipped and smashed the employee's left index finger between the crowbar and the drum of the machine, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high