Incident date: 2019-03-08
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee was helping a forklift unload a metal bin filled with mill scale. When the load was lowered, it slid off the forks and landed on the employee's left index finger, causing the amputation of the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high