Incident date: 2022-06-01
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was working at a plasma burn table, lifting a piece of metal with a magnet. The magnet disengaged and the load fell onto the employee's right hand, crushing the index and middle fingers. The index finger and the tip of the middle finger were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high