Incident date: 2023-10-16
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was manufacturing a diesel gas tank and installing the top sheet of steel. As they were using a magnet to guide a 4-foot by 8-foot steel sheet into position, the sheet released from the magnet and amputated the employee's thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Sheet metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high