Incident date: 2022-02-28
NAICS industry code: 493110

A kiln car, carrying bricks, was being moved out of a dryer. It started to roll back. An employee jammed a piece of square tubing between cars to stop the car's motion; the tubing kicked back and crushed the tip of his left index finger against a control panel. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high