Incident date: 2018-03-29
NAICS industry code: 333611

An employee was preparing to buff the inside of a flange. He set the buffer down inside the tower while the section was being rotated. He noticed that the buffer cord was going to be pinched between the tower section and a stop, so he attempted to grab the cord. The tower section then amputated his right little finger at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Towers, poles, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high