Incident date: 2016-07-07
NAICS industry code: 423690

An employee was loading and adjusting a spindle that contained a wooden spool when the spindle became unbalanced and the industrial wooden spool fell on the employee's right ring finger, partially amputating it before the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high