Incident date: 2019-04-18
NAICS industry code: 333131

An employee was moving a steel plate onto the plasma cutting table when the steel plate hit the plasma table gantry shutoff cable and pivoted down. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the steel plate and the grating of the plasma cutting table.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high