Incident date: 2019-09-16
NAICS industry code: 313110

An employee was helping to move a piece of equipment when it slid off a cross beam. His finger was then caught between the floor and the equipment, stripping the meat from the bone. As a result, his left middle finger had to be surgically amputated at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high