Incident date: 2017-02-09
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was shifting a material support stand with a coworker when the employee's left thumb was pinched between the tops of the support being moved and an adjacent support. The distal tip of the employee's left thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high