Incident date: 2017-03-22
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was unloading a car engine with a coworker when the engine became caught on the truck bed and fell. As the injured employee attempted to catch the engine, his left index finger was caught between the pallet and the engine, amputating his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Engine, engine block, motor-vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high