Incident date: 2019-07-31
NAICS industry code: 237310

While an employee was removing a soffit support jack, the cushion block on the bottom of the soffit fell and smashed the ends of his right middle and ring fingers. He sustained an amputation of the right ring fingertip and was hospitalized.

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