Incident date: 2024-03-20
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was screwing bolts into the padder of a forging tool when the padder plate caused the shim to buckle, causing the bottom plate to fall on his left middle fingertip and amputate it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high