Incident date: 2020-05-08
NAICS industry code: 561320

A temporary employee was attempting to close a sliding warehouse door from the outside when a metal horizontal beam fell from the door framing and struck his left hand. His left ring finger was almost completely severed during the incident, which also broke his left pinky finger and caused a puncture wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high