Incident date: 2024-05-21
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was pulling a cart with stainless steel pieces (16 inches x 30 inches, 10 pounds each) when the cart tipped toward him and the metal pieces fell out of the cart. They contacted his hand, cutting multiple fingers and resulting in a fractured left wrist and amputations to two of their left fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high