Incident date: 2024-03-20
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was installing a power pole when his finger got caught in the chain that was lifting the pole, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high