Incident date: 2017-12-06
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee was placing extruded rubber into a storage rack when a broken spring caused a section of the rack to fall uncontrollably, pinching the employee's right middle finger between two sections of the rack. The employee's fingertip, including the nailbed, was amputated.

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