Incident date: 2023-08-25
NAICS industry code: 624190

Employees were working on scaffolding to remove a window that was open with the sash up. While maneuvering the window, the sash fell backward, rotated, and closed on the injured employee's hand. His right index fingertip was pinched and amputated by the sash and sill of the window.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Windows, openings
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high