Incident date: 2018-11-14
NAICS industry code: 332420

A 12-foot steel plate fell while being lifted with a crane. The head of the plate caught an employee's hand, crushing the hand and the index and middle fingers. The tip of the employee's index finger was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high