Incident date: 2019-03-29
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was assisting a forklift driver with moving flanges. The last flange fell over. The  employee walked over to stand the flange up. The employee picked up the flange and it slipped from his hand. The employee's left ring finger was crushed between the flange and a pallet and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high