Incident date: 2025-03-18
NAICS industry code: 423510

On March 18, 2025, an employee was stacking parts using an overhead crane equipped with an electromagnet when their left ring finger got caught in a pinch point between the parts, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high