Incident date: 2016-07-16
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was cleaning up for the day and was setting a metal shelving unit onto the bucket of a backhoe machine. The employee lost control of the shelf and it dropped, pinching his index finger between the bucket and shelf. The finger was amputated at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high