Incident date: 2018-03-06
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was descending the ladder of a scaffold when he stepped off the ladder too early. Attempting to catch himself, he grabbed for the ladder and his ring was caught, tearing the skin on his left ring finger. His finger had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high