Incident date: 2015-04-02
NAICS industry code: 423820

An employee was taking a lawn mower deck out of a crate. The employee was sliding the deck forward to put the wheels back on when the deck started to drop. The employee's finger got caught between the gauge wheel bracket and the crate, amputating the tip of the left-hand ring finger.

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