Incident date: 2017-11-29
NAICS industry code: 339112

An employee was re-installing a 75-pound barrel on an injection molding machine when the barrel slipped. As the employee tried to catch it, the barrel crushed and amputated the employee's left pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high