Incident date: 2024-03-01
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was removing a steel post shore that was supporting a piece of plywood. While he was using a spud wrench to twist the post shore out of place, the post shore's upper section lowered and caught his fingertip, resulting a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Structural elements  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high