Incident date: 2024-03-28
NAICS industry code: 331410

On March 28, 2024, at about 2:30 AM, two employees were using a manual metal crimping tool to secure steel straps around a pallet of finished product. The injured employee's right little finger became pinched in the tool, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Other handtools  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high