Incident date: 2024-05-14
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was pushing a 279-pound, 4 feet x 8 feet plenum metal cap when the cap slipped off the block that it was resting on and pinched his right middle finger against the floor. This severed the tip of the finger and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Container caps, lids, covers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate