Incident date: 2019-06-06
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was pulling utility poles with metal chains. The chain got stuck and as the employee was freeing the snag with his hand, the chain snapped back and struck the employee's left thumb causing a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high