Incident date: 2018-09-24
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was setting up a mill to work on an auger. The auger fell from the jack, hitting the employee's left index finger and amputating it at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high