Incident date: 2015-10-27
NAICS industry code: 562998

An employee was moving a piece of sheet steel (estimated weight of 40-50 lbs.) into place to be  secured to a metal frame, when it started to slide. The employee's hand was struck by the sheet steel resulting in the amputation of the right pinky fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Sheet metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high