Incident date: 2023-04-17
NAICS industry code: 333318

An employee was lining up 2-inch pieces of bar stock for clamping when their right index finger was caught between the bar stock. The employee sustained a degloving injury that resulted in medical amputation of the right index finger at the distal joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high