Incident date: 2022-11-10
NAICS industry code: 423510

Two employees were carrying a five-piece bundle of 1-inch-thick, 20-foot-long metal bars. An employee fell and the bundle fell onto their hand, crushing the middle fingertip and removing the nail from the ring finger. The employee's middle finger was broken and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high