Incident date: 2023-02-20
NAICS industry code: 333318

An employee was cleaning out a storage unit. As he lifted a 55-pound steel rack to throw into the dumpster, the rack slipped and his finger was caught between the dumpster and the metal frame of the rack. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high