Incident date: 2023-04-11
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was putting up a tent for an outdoor event. As the employee was inserting the steel bar into the vinyl pocket, a gust of wind caused the panel to flap and the steel bar to come loose. The bar then impacted and caught the employee's right index finger between it and the aluminum frame of the tent. His right index finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high