Incident date: 2019-09-20
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was helping install an aboveground storage unit. While the employee was helping lift two 26,000-pound panels, his left thumb was caught and amputated between the panels.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high