Incident date: 2023-08-26
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee picked up a 300-pound casting using a jib crane and placed it on his work bench. After unhooking it, the employee went to flip the casting when it fell and landed on his hand. The employee sustained a left ring finger fracture and an amputation of the middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate