Incident date: 2021-04-08
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was pushing a welder on a dolly when the dolly hit a bump in the concrete and flipped up. The welder shifted, and the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the dolly and the welder. The finger was amputated. The employee was hospitalized and the finger was reattached.

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