Incident date: 2022-05-16
NAICS industry code: 333995

An employee was pulling a piece of square bar (weighing about 354 pounds). The bar slid and pinched the employee's right middle fingertip against another bar, causing an amputation (as well as a laceration and fracture) to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high