Incident date: 2022-06-29
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was preparing fence posts for shipment on a pallet. The employee's hand was struck by a post as it dropped out of the feeder. The post weighed approximately 65 pounds and caused tissue damage that required medical amputation to the distal phalange of the left middle finger.

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