Incident date: 2017-11-03
NAICS industry code: 541420

An employee was installing a ladder safety system onto the top of a ladder when the ladder davit fabrication slipped and hit his finger. His finger was caught in a pinch point between the davit fabrication and t-cage steel, amputating his fingertip and causing an open fracture to the finger (partway up the nail).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high