Incident date: 2020-01-13
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was operating a gantry crane. The crane raised two steel plates instead of one, and the lower plate slipped from a clamp and landed on the employee's left index finger. The finger was partially amputated at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high