Incident date: 2019-04-22
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using loading equipment to install a metal guardrail on a bridge. He was jockeying the rail into place when his right index finger was caught between the guardrail and the equipment, resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Guardrails, road dividers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high