Incident date: 2023-02-17
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was using electrical magnets to lift a 7,351-pound steel plate onto the burning table of a plasma cutter. The steel plate slipped and fell onto the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation of the left little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high