Incident date: 2015-08-13
NAICS industry code: 33329

An employee was bringing a steel plate down onto a pillow block. While he was adjusting a piece of sheet metal, the block turned and pinched his finger between the block and plate, amputating his left index fingertip (part of nail).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high