Incident date: 2020-03-02
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was placing wood skids, setting a cradle for 36-inch steel pipe while the operator turned it to set it in place. A skid fell and smashed the employee's right hand against a piece of pipe. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high