Incident date: 2021-12-17
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum from a pallet onto the ground. As the employee attempted to lower the drum, the end of the drum pinched and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high