Incident date: 2020-05-13
NAICS industry code: 331511

On May 13, 2020, an employee's left little finger was caught between a metal bale (a device used for lifting, carrying, and rolling boxes) and a pattern box with a sand core inside it. The fingertip was crushed, resulting in its amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high