Incident date: 2015-10-30
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was removing a gate from a fence at a substation in preparation for large equipment transfer. The employee sustained an avulsion injury to the right middle finger when it was pinched by the latch on the gate.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
code_source: title: Gates
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high