Incident date: 2024-11-12
NAICS industry code: 331511

On November 12, 2024, an employee was manually transferring a 164-pound casting from one pallet skid to another. The casting bounced off the skid and pinched their right little finger against a wire rack, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high