Incident date: 2020-08-13
NAICS industry code: 213112

A service technician was tasked with moving equipment. As he was moving a carrier basket from a pallet, the equipment fell and crushed his right index finger. The employee was taken to the hospital where the tip of his right index finger was amputated.

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