Incident date: 2017-08-22
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee and a coworker were moving a metal cart that had metal pieces loaded on it when the employee's right thumb was caught between the cart edge and a metal piece. When the employee pulled his hand out, his right thumb was amputated (with bone loss) from the nail upwards.

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