Incident date: 2023-11-16
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was picking up scrap material from the floor under a metal scrap chute when a piece of scrap fell down the chute. The employee's right little finger was crushed, resulting in surgical amputation at the second joint.

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