Incident date: 2021-02-24
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee had been grounding copper wire to the ground grid and was helping move cable jack reel stands out of the way. As the employee was tipping a reel stand onto its side, the adjustable roller head slid down and pinched the employee's right middle finger against the top of the stand. The fingertip was medically amputated about 1/4 inch from the end.

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