Incident date: 2015-07-01
NAICS industry code: 424910

An employee was stacking tire rims when a stack began to fall. The employee tried to catch the falling tire rims, which crushed his pinky finger on his left hand. His pinky finger was surgically amputated to the first knuckle.

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