Incident date: 2017-03-01
NAICS industry code: 423110

An employee was delivering a 55 gallon drum. The drum was lying on its side in the trailer. As the employee was trying to steady the drum, it shifted and caught his right hand resulting in amputation of the right pinky fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high