Incident date: 2018-06-19
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was taking a joint of iron off the back of a truck and rotating it back into the cradle where it was stored. A brace was missing; when the joint was put into its resting spot, it kept rolling, crushing the employee's left little finger against the work platform. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high