Incident date: 2020-07-15
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was assisting with the hoisting of a concrete barrier. The hoist chain caught the employee's thumb against the concrete barrier and the thumb tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high