Incident date: 2024-06-17
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were installing a 50-foot-wide rubber door at a steel plant. When setting a steel idler barrel (weighing approximately 2,000 pounds) into position using a crane, the barrel got caught on a piece of metal. The injured employee pushed the barrel and it swung down, crushing his thumb in a pinch point. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Barrels, drums, cans  nonpressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high