Incident date: 2019-12-18
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was trying to move an aluminum baking rack that was stuck to another rack. A second employee was attempting to help the injured employee un-stick the rack when the racks shifted and crushed the employee's left middle finger between two of the racks. As a result, the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high