Incident date: 2015-08-26
NAICS industry code: 541420

An employee was moving a tie rod part from a cart to assemble into a larger part.  The part slipped from his hands and when he tried to catch the 18 pound part his middle finger was crushed between the part and the table resulting in the amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate