Incident date: 2019-06-03
NAICS industry code: 332323

A welder was placing a long piece of metal (18 ft. x 1 ft. x 2 in.) on a table in preparation for welding when the metal slipped from his hand and smashed his left thumb between the piece of metal and the table. The employee was hospitalized for a possible left thumb tip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Building materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high