Incident date: 2015-09-05
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was cleaning the deck and noticed a 10' piece of angle iron in the way.  The employee attempted to move the angle iron when the left side of it became wedged between concrete and a metal support.  The employee was standing next to an I-beam support structure.  As the employee tried to move the angle iron back and forth, he slammed his right hand between the angle iron and the I-beam, pinching his right pinky finger and amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Angle irons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate