Incident date: 2016-03-29
NAICS industry code: 212321

An employee was packing equipment to move to another jobsite when a pendant, weighing approximately 40 pounds, fell on his hand and crushed his right index fingertip. The finger was medically amputated just below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high