Incident date: 2015-09-24
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee dropped a large metal rim on his finger tearing flesh from the fingertip. The hospital amputated the finger to the first knuckle due to nerve damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high