Incident date: 2022-02-15
NAICS industry code: 332322

The injured employee was using a crowbar to remove shims from beneath a 9,000-pound plate. The crowbar kicked out causing the plate to shift back on the shims. The employee's hand was caught between an aluminum shim and the table and their little fingertip was amputated below the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high