Incident date: 2017-10-30
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was cleaning a magnet while it was inside a metal dumpster. The magnet became attached to the side of the dumpster and caught the employees thumb resulting in a soft tissue amputation to the tip of the left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high