Incident date: 2017-04-13
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was weighing 55-gallon drums that were on a pallet next to a scale. When he tried to rotate a drum off the pallet and onto the scale, his right thumb was pinched between two drums, amputating the thumb tip.

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