Incident date: 2024-09-03
NAICS industry code: 332919

An employee was using an overhead crane to move a load of bar stock bundles and was positioning a suspended load when his left middle finger was caught in the load, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high