Incident date: 2020-08-04
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was pulling a plate clamp out from under a 1,600-pound stainless steel plate above a plasma table. The plate slipped out and pinched his finger against one of the slats on the plasma table. His fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

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