Incident date: 2017-10-31
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was removing a guardrail post. His hand was on a 16-inch bolt when a piece of equipment began to remove it. The bolt bent on his index finger, which had to be amputated to the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high