Incident date: 2019-12-09
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was performing maintenance on a sand mixer machine. He loosened a metal plate on the machine, which then fell onto his left hand, crushing his left index finger and resulting in a medical finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate