Incident date: 2024-07-19
NAICS industry code: 332420

Two employees were using handheld magnets to pull 12-gauge sheet steel onto a cart. One employee's little finger was caught between the sheet metal and a steel post, causing a fingertip laceration and medical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high