Incident date: 2018-12-03
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was repairing a broken pin on a 7-millimeter expander. During the repair, a 200-pound guide plate dropped about 5 inches and landed on top of the employee's right fingers. He suffered a broken bone on his right index finger and was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate