Incident date: 2015-04-20
NAICS industry code: 237990

A truck driver was preparing to load material in a truck. A steel bar fell from the bottom storage rack and caught his finger between the steel bar and the ground.  The employees left middle finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high