Incident date: 2015-04-20
NAICS industry code: 811121

On or about 20 April 2015, an employee suffered the amputation of the distal phalanx of her great toe left foot and the complete removal of all three phalanx of the third toe left foot. On or about 30 March 2015, the employee was moving a metal 55 gallon container of fluid from a dolly to a platform raised 12 inches above the surface, when the drum slid off of the platform and fell onto the employee's foot. The employee was driven to the hospital where she was treated and released. On the 15th of April 2015, the great toe and third toe of the left foot were found to contain necrotic tissues and were slated for removal which was conducted on 20 April 2015.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high