Incident date: 2019-01-31
NAICS industry code: 561431

An employee was unloading a trailer full of packages with his co-workers while his left hand was resting on the rollers. His left ring finger was caught between the two rollers when his co-workers pushed back the roller section, resulting in the amputation of his left ring fingertip without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high