Incident date: 2023-03-13
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was unpinning a beam and removing it from the pinned position. As he pulled it from the pad eyes, the beam fell approximately 18 inches to the ground. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the beam and the ground, resulting in a fracture to the distal portion of his finger that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate