Incident date: 2015-08-12
NAICS industry code: 237310

The employee was in a front end loader attempting to lift a railroad tie.  She lost her grip on the railroad tie and it fell striking her right hand, middle finger on the bucket blade. Her right middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high