Incident date: 2024-01-24
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was installing shelving. As they were sliding a metal pipe into the wooden shelving unit, the employee's hand was caught between the shelf support and the end of the pipe, resulting in a right index and middle finger fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving, racks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate