Incident date: 2016-09-12
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was adjusting the legs of a floor scale while a coworker lifted the corner of the scale with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the floor scale fell and pinched the employee's left index finger, amputating his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Scales
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high