Incident date: 2020-02-03
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was preparing to weld the bottom flange on a steel channel when the steel channel fell on and smashed his middle finger, resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high