Incident date: 2020-03-10
NAICS industry code: 311991

The injured employee was using a drum lifter to move 55-gallon drums. A drum became dislodged and another employee was helping to lift it manually. The 55-gallon drum then fell off the drum lifter and amputated the injured employee's left thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high