Incident date: 2016-03-16
NAICS industry code: 331421

An employee was helping to adjust equipment. She tripped as she was walking around the equipment. When she reached out to catch her fall, her right hand entered the point of operation. The equipment activated, pinching and amputating her right pinky finger between the stockholder tab and discharge table.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high