Incident date: 2015-02-04
NAICS industry code: 237990

Employee was offloading a structural beam in a laydown yard.  When the beam was lowered, it rotated, and the employee's hand was caught between the cribbing and bracing.  As a result, the employee broke his third, fourth, and fifth fingers (metacarpals). The employee was hospitalized later that day.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate