Incident date: 2020-01-15
NAICS industry code: 561499

An employee had been using a pry bar to remove a sign (weighing 150 lbs.) from an endcap. The employee was holding the structure when the sign came loose and fell, striking and amputating their right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Furniture and fixtures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high