Incident date: 2015-03-27
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee preparing to move a damaged light pole to make room for a new one caught his hand between portions of the pole after trying to section it out by cutting it with a reciprocating saw. The light pole bent, and his hand was caught between sections.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Lamp posts, street lights
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate