Incident date: 2020-02-28
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was moving a 550-pound titanium slab to another location on the plant floor using a  vacuum attached to a crane. She then went to mark the slab when the vacuum failed and the slab fell, pinning her right hand between the slab and the floor. This resulted in a fracture to the right middle finger and amputation of the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high