Incident date: 2016-07-26
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a crane to empty the scrap bin. As he was lowering the scrap bin's handle, his left thumb was caught between the handle and the steel bin, amputating it at the first joint and requiring reattachment surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high