Incident date: 2020-08-28
NAICS industry code: 331492

At approximately 9:45 a.m. (CST), an employee was using a crane to move a piece of sheet metal. The piece of sheet metal became stuck on another sheet. The employee tried to free the piece of sheet metal with his right hand. When the piece of metal dislodged, it struck the employee's right ring finger and caused an amputation of the right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Sheet metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high