Incident date: 2024-11-04
NAICS industry code: 336212

On November 4, 2024, an employee was welding a rocker on a welding table. When he moved the weldment it tipped over onto his right little finger. The employee sustained an open fracture to the finger and medical amputation of the fingertip between the nailbed and the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high