Incident date: 2019-06-18
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was doing demolition work in a storm drain culvert. As he was adjusting a steel I-beam, the tip of his right index finger was caught between the two pieces of the adjustable beam. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high