Incident date: 2018-11-14
NAICS industry code: 811310

Two employees were moving a 125-pound piece of steel plate from one pallet to the next when the piece dropped on his right ring finger, resulting in an amputation to their right ring finger and a middle finger injury requiring stitches.

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