Incident date: 2025-03-19
NAICS industry code: 236210

A crew was using a chain fall system to rig up a hard stop (metal structural support weighing 695 lbs.). The injured employee was guiding it into position. The hard stop shifted and their right hand was caught between the suspended hard stop and the adjacent structural wall, resulting in fractured ring and little fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate