Incident date: 2019-08-07
NAICS industry code: 238390

An employee was manually repositioning a full 55-gallon drum when the employee's left index fingertip was caught between the rim of the drum and a second 55-gallon drum, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high