Incident date: 2018-04-04
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was attempting to attach a lifting clamp to a steel flange plate when the plate fell approximately 6 inches, pinching his fingertip between the ground and the plate. As he pulled his hand out of the pinch point, the fleshy part of his fingertip ripped off of his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high