Incident date: 2017-02-27
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was assembling a trench box when his finger was caught in a pinch point between the spreader and another trench box shield, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.

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