Incident date: 2017-07-26
NAICS industry code: 336992

An employee was trying to catch a steel plate weighing approximately 45 pounds as it fell from a cart when his left pinky finger was caught and partially amputated in an open hole on the plate.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high