Incident date: 2022-05-07
NAICS industry code: 237310

The injured employee was tasked with holding a post for the pounder to hook the head so he can move to the next post. While changing the bottom foot brace to move to the next post, the cable from the pounder snapped causing an injury to the employee's right shoulder and an amputation to his right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high