Incident date: 2023-07-25
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was loading castings onto a pallet. They were adjusting a casting by hand when their left ring finger was caught between the casting and the pallet. The finger was partially amputated and was later reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high