Incident date: 2020-03-13
NAICS industry code: 333414

An employee was using a manual pipe dolly to move a pipe fabrication into a building for installation. He was guiding the pipe along the path when his right thumb was pinched between the pipe fabrication and an existing support, resulting in a partial transphalangeal amputation of the right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high