Incident date: 2016-06-17
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was moving a 70- to 100-pound steel plate with a coworker when the steel plate fell on and crushed his right middle and ring fingers. A portion of his ring finger had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high