Incident date: 2019-02-08
NAICS industry code: 237130

The injured employee was assisting coworkers to set a fiberglass wall inside a trench. The injured employee had his hand on the wall when the wall shifted and pinched his finger between it and another section of already placed wall. His right middle finger was amputated behind the nail at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate