Incident date: 2017-09-12
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was lifting a 1" steel plate. The steel plate hit a lip and dropped, smashing the employee's left thumb between the top and bottom steel plates amputating the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high