Incident date: 2025-08-18
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was loading a spherical plate onto a vertical lathe with an overhead crane. Hooks on the slings were attached to the plate. One hook was stuck. The employee was working to get the hook off the plate when the plate fell and pinched a finger on their left hand against the machine, resulting in a fracture/amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural panels and sheets  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high