Incident date: 2019-03-29
NAICS industry code: 562211

An employee was climbing down a fixed ladder when the open end of a stanchion caught a ring on his finger. He suffered a severe laceration to the third phalange, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high