Incident date: 2015-10-15
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was lowering the gate on a baler when the fifth digit on her left hand got crushed, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate