Incident date: 2020-08-14
NAICS industry code: 332710

On August 14, 2020, a temporary employee was hanging spline shaft parts on vertical racking on a line to be washed. The employee hung a part on the top row of the racking and was hanging a part on the bottom row when the part fell from the top row. It landed on the employee's left hand, breaking and wounding the little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate