Incident date: 2016-11-25
NAICS industry code: 922140

An employee was standing on top of a plywood sheet to reach for something when he slipped and fell. The plywood sheet then fell onto his fingers, fracturing and lacerating them. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated. The plywood was not secure at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high