Incident date: 2015-07-24
NAICS industry code: 423810

The employee was working on a sewer truck and trying to pull a ladder down. The ladder was stuck and when he forced the ladder to move, his left ring and middle fingers were pinched between the ladder and a utility door. The left ring fingertip was amputated (no bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high