Incident date: 2018-08-25
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was picking up one end of an 80 lb. steel plate to be moved when the employee's thumb was caught between two steel plates, causing a sheering action that resulted in a right thumb amputation.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high