Incident date: 2017-03-14
NAICS industry code: 221122

Employees were setting up utility poles using a boom truck. They were using choker chains to hold the pole and set it. The chain rolled and the pole caught the injured employee's left ring finger resulting in amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high