Incident date: 2015-10-15
NAICS industry code: 811219

An employee raised a platform scale out of the framework.  The scale fell on the employee's hand and amputated the left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Scales
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high