Incident date: 2017-10-03
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was waiting for a crane operator to unload an I-beam from a flatbed truck. His right hand was on the load. When the material reached the ground, his middle and ring fingertips were caught and amputated between two H piles.

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