Incident date: 2024-03-29
NAICS industry code: 332321

On March 29, 2024, two employees were carrying scrap aluminum to discard when they lifted it over a guardrail and the load shifted. This pinched the injured employee's right index fingertip between the metal and the guardrail, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high