Incident date: 2016-06-21
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was trying to move a scaffold when it collapsed. The cross member detached from the scaffold and the employee's right hand was caught between the crossbars, amputating the pinky and ring fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high