Incident date: 2023-11-16
NAICS industry code: 333314

In a machine shop, an employee was transporting 100-pound metal plates to an assembly table. Three plates began to fall and the employee went to catch them. The plates fell on the employee's fingers, amputating their left middle and ring fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high