Incident date: 2024-05-15
NAICS industry code: 336611

Two employees were working to shift a 150-pound 32-inch diameter bearing on a plastic pallet. An employee's right ring finger got caught in one of the holes while they pulled the bearing, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high