Incident date: 2020-10-28
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was attempting to remove a ballast weight from under a ladder. The ballast weight slipped from his hands and fell on his right middle finger resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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