Incident date: 2024-08-15
NAICS industry code: 238390

Two employees were cutting sheet metal when a stack of sheet metal fell from the equipment due to vibration. The sheet metal landed on the employees' hands. Employee 1 sustained a broken left hand and their index and middle fingers required surgery. Employee 2 sustained an amputation to their little finger and was not hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Variable restraint containers  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: high