Incident date: 2016-10-25
NAICS industry code: 327390

On October 25, 2016, at 7:10 a.m., an employee was disassembling a load of precast concrete hollow core planks and tried to remove the stacking block before the plank had cleared the stack. The plank broke and amputated the tip and fingernail of his left index finger. He was hospitalized for treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bricks, blocks, structural stone, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high