Incident date: 2018-10-28
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was dumping a quench tank slag barrel into a dumpster when he grabbed the barrel and it slipped, creating a pinch point on the barrel and self-tipping hopper that amputated the distal phalanges on his right middle and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high