Incident date: 2017-05-05
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was sorting metals from non-ferrous material with a handheld magnet when his right thumb tip was crushed between the magnet and the metal wall of a bin, amputating part of his nail and soft tissue.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high