Incident date: 2024-09-03
NAICS industry code: 236220

On September 3, 2024, at 2:00 a.m., an employee was helping to move two metal beams with a forklift when the beams moved in an upward position and the strap slid, crushing the injured employee's left little finger between the beams. The employee sustained an amputation of one quarter inch of their finger.

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