Incident date: 2025-02-25
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was helping to load a steel plate onto a trailer. He was loading a steel plate on top of two-by-four wood pieces. While he was adjusting the wood, the steel plate came down on his hand, resulting in the partial amputation of his right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high