Incident date: 2016-12-19
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was stepping down a ladder while restocking shelves when he missed a step. He reached out to catch himself by grabbing the shelving and his left ring finger was caught and amputated in the grid of the shelf.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high