Incident date: 2019-01-10
NAICS industry code: 331315

An employee was trying to hang a portable crosswalk on hangers when the employee's left hand was pinched between the portable crosswalk and a barrier rail, resulting in an amputation of the ring finger and a fracture to the forefinger. No tools were used at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high