Incident date: 2021-05-14
NAICS industry code: 337121

Two employees were moving an axle tube. Employee 1 set down his end of the tube; the injured employee dropped his end. The injured employee's index finger was caught between the falling tube and another tube, and he suffered an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high