Abstract: On September 24, 2003, Employee #1, working for an employer engaged in the manufacture of precast fireplace mantles and posts, was moving some recently manufactured mantles with a coworker. They were moving one piece at a time and stacking them against a workbench. There were several mantles already in the stack leaning against the workbench when they brought another mantle over. There was a wooden sawhorse sitting parallel to the stack of mantles and, to make room for additional mantles, Employee #1 tried to move the sawhorse. The last mantle tipped over and fell onto the sawhorse. Employee #1's right index finger was caught between the mantle and the sawhorse and approximately 0.5 inches of his right index fingertip was amputated. He was hospitalized for 3 days.