Incident date: 2024-06-29
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee had been stripping block outs from the form of a precast concrete double tee. Their left hand became caught between the concrete and the steel form, resulting in a severe laceration and crush injuries to their left index, middle, and ring fingers. This resulted in an amputation of the left index finger from the tip to the distal joint, the left ring finger from the tip to the fingernail, and the medical amputation of the middle finger to the distal joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Source, secondary source  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high