Incident date: 2022-07-11
NAICS industry code: 238330

A 1-foot gondola was being anchored to a wall. Its front leg was not sitting flush with the floor. An employee was keeping the leg upright with a pry bar, and another employee was trying to stabilize the leg when the anchor stripped out of the wall. The front leg dropped onto an employee's finger, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate