Incident date: 2021-06-03
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was dumping mail from an all-purpose container onto a culling belt. The employee was reaching with their right hand to remove a package stuck in the container while their left hand was on the bar that holds the container in place when it's turned upright to dump the contents. The container shifted and crushed the employee's left middle finger between the bar and metal frame of the container, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high