Incident date: 2018-11-30
NAICS industry code: 322221

On November 30, 2018, an employee was loading a shaft onto a winding machine using an electric hoist when the shaft caught the corner of the machine and began to fall from the hook. The employee's foot was struck by the falling shaft, partially crushing it and resulting in a big toe amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high