Incident date: 2017-09-22
NAICS industry code: 321991

When assisting co-workers to move a wooden L-beam weighing 277 lbs. to the metal build table, the beam slipped and the employee tried to catch it. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Wooden beams
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high