Incident date: 2017-11-14
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was disassembling a machine to take it out of service and dispose of it. A slab of granite was on top of part of the machine's steel frame. The employee was attempting to remove the slab of granite when it slipped out of his hands and pinched his left hand between it and the steel frame. His left pinky fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Stone, marble, granite slabs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high