Incident date: 2020-11-09
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was loading a 60-foot power pole onto a pole trailer using a pole crane and choker chain. The chain bound up; the employee grabbed the chain and tried to unbind it. The chain released and caught the tip of the employee's left middle finger, amputating it above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high