Incident date: 2016-05-06
NAICS industry code: 333132

The employee was moving a piece of equipment from a wooden pallet to a storage rack. The sphere tool (250-300 lb. steel pipe) slipped. The employee tried to catch it and got his finger caught between the sphere tool and the rack. The right ring finger was amputated.

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