Incident date: 2024-10-03
NAICS industry code: 334511

An employee was loading a 150-pound block of aluminum into a CNC machine when their right hand was struck by the block. The employee sustained a fracture and severed tendon to the index finger, as well as a laceration to the middle finger that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Beams, rods, blocks  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate