Incident date: 2016-02-03
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was transporting a swivel from one side of the shop to the other. As he was getting ready to lower the swivel to connect it to another machine, the bottom part dropped onto his right pinky finger. The employee was transported to the hospital where his finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high