Incident date: 2018-06-14
NAICS industry code: 423820

An employee was trying to flatten a 1-inch by 12-inch piece of metal when it broke in half and struck his left middle finger, resulting in a surgical amputation to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high