Incident date: 2015-07-29
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee was pouring metal from a ladle. As the employee was moving the ladle down the line, the tip of his right index finger got caught between the ladle and the I beam. The employee had about a pencil eraser width of his fingertip amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high