Incident date: 2024-04-27
NAICS industry code: 237310

Two employees removed a portable generator from the back of a truck and carried the generator to a cargo container. When they set the generator down the injured employee's right little finger was pinched between the cargo container and the frame of the generator, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Generators
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high