Incident date: 2023-06-21
NAICS industry code: 336611

A steel plate was dropped, causing the employee's thumb to get pinched between the plate and a pallet/shim. The employee suffered an amputation to the distal half of the right thumb.

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