Incident date: 2021-03-23
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was using an overhead crane to load a bundle of hexagonal bars onto the conveyor belt of a die bench machine. When the employee unstrapped the bundle, a hexagonal bar moved  and crushed the tip of his left thumb against another bar resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high