Incident date: 2023-03-10
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was using a boom lift to load steel girts onto a belt. The girts were in a tangle, and when the employee tried to fix them they came tumbling down onto the employee's right hand. The employee's index and middle fingers were amputated.

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