Incident date: 2018-09-08
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was rolling a steel beam with an overhead crane and a plate clamp. The clamp slipped and the beam fell, crushing the employee's left middle fingertip. The tip was surgically removed at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high