Incident date: 2024-02-05
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was working on a precast riser form, trying to adjust a steel plate at the top of the form. When a final bolt was loosened, the plate dropped and crushed the tip of the employee's left little finger. The fingertip was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high