Incident date: 2024-06-26
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee was preparing a bundle of structural steel for a forklift to pick up when the load shifted onto their hand. The employee sustained amputation of their left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high