Incident date: 2025-02-27
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee was helping to place a scale (approximately 4' x 4') on a work stand. They were aligning the scale when the chain supporting the scale was pulled, causing their left thumb to get caught between the scale and the work stand. The thumb was fractured and the tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Scales
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high