Incident date: 2019-04-05
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was loading aluminum ingots from a truck to a conveyor belt. An ingot fell and struck the employee on the left index finger, causing an amputation to the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high