Incident date: 2016-02-25
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was tightening a safety stand to a pole when the pole shifted, causing the safety stand to move and catch the employee's fingertip between the stand and pole. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Towers, poles, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high