Incident date: 2023-04-05
NAICS industry code: 332111

On April 5, 2023, at 7:00 a.m., an employee was using a pry bar on a piece of steel being moved by an overhead crane. The piece of the steel he was prying against slipped and landed on his right thumb, resulting in an amputation.

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