Incident date: 2024-01-31
NAICS industry code: 333243

An employee was pushing a cart carrying a steel part, which was being held down by a cylinder block. The steel part's momentum shifted, causing the cylinder block to slide toward an insert on the cart. The employee's hand was over the insert, and the block amputated the tip of the employee's thumb. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
code_source: title: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high