Incident date: 2015-12-14
NAICS industry code: 541320

An employee was unloading a palette or shipping crate with a coworker. The coworker dropped the crate and it struck the injured employee's finger. His middle finger was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high