Incident date: 2016-07-06
NAICS industry code: 484121

At 7:00 PM on July 6, 2016, at the truck docks, an employee was lifting a plastic 55-gallon drum onto a skid when the drum fell onto his right thumb. His right thumb was crushed, requiring surgery and overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate