Incident date: 2019-11-06
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee and his co-worker were feeding ground wire underneath a transformer cabinet. His co-worker was pushing down on the ground cable with a metal framing system when the tension on the cable released, causing the metal framing system to drop down onto the employee's right hand. As a result, the employee sustained an amputation of the right index finger above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high