Incident date: 2015-03-26
NAICS industry code: 325212

An employee sustained a severe hand injury after a finger got caught on a piece of metal while descending a mobile stair tower. The employee tore a significant amount of flesh from the hand/finger, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate