Incident date: 2023-01-09
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was gathering scrap material and stocking it to the side of a line to reduce trip hazards. A piece of material caught the employee's glove, causing their left little finger to get caught by a large piece of steel being stacked. The employee suffered crush injuries that resulted in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high