Incident date: 2020-03-03
NAICS industry code: 324121

Employees were placing front tongue load-bearing metal poles into metal stand boots. A metal pole weight slipped, and an employee's right thumb was caught between the pole base and the boot rim. It was amputated at the first joint. The employee was hospitalized and the thumb was surgically reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high