Incident date: 2018-08-21
NAICS industry code: 517919

An employee was moving steel from a flatbed trailer when the steel flipped off dunnage on the trailer and rolled onto his right ring finger. The finger was pinched between the steel and the trailer, causing the amputation of the fingertip (with no bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high