Incident date: 2024-10-29
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was adjusting a utility pole chain sling on a residential job site. When they stepped back away from the chain they lost their footing and the remote control for the gut line was activated. A fingertip on their right hand was pinched and amputated between the utility pole and the chain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high