Incident date: 2020-05-26
NAICS industry code: 493110

A piece of metal grating slipped after an employee replaced it in a storage rack. The employee was trying to push it back in place when the grate fell between two crossbeams, catching the employee's right middle finger against the storage rack beam and causing the amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Grates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high