Incident date: 2021-08-16
NAICS industry code: 488991

An employee was leveling and anchoring racking uprights using a plumb bob level (attached magnetically to the upright about 3 feet above the ground). The employee was down on the ground tapping the foot of an upright into place with a small sledgehammer when the plumb bob level detached from the upright and fell/slid down, amputating his left index fingertip just past the last knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Measuring handtools, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high