Incident date: 2025-02-25
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was inserting a pin into a slot to secure two sections of platform support legs (square tubing). The employee's right thumb was pinched in the slot with the pin, resulting in a partial amputation of the distal phalangeal tuft and an open fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high