Incident date: 2024-10-04
NAICS industry code: 811111

An employee was sorting parts and materials (scrap metal) in a bin when material and a wheel landed on the employee's hand. The rim of the wheel lacerated their finger, resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Wheels, tire rims
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high