Incident date: 2018-08-22
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was handling a 30-pound tube block to place on a trailer bed. In an attempt to keep the tube block from falling, his right thumb was caught between the tube block and the bed of the trailer, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high