Incident date: 2015-02-16
NAICS industry code: 336330

Employee was rotating a plastic 4 x 4 ft. square container counterclockwise when the container slipped and his left pinky finger became trapped between the container and a stationary pole.  Employee's fingernail was taken off and the tip of his finger was amputated.  Employee had in-house surgery on 2-18-2015 to repair his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Containers, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high