Incident date: 2023-05-23
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee and a colleague were moving two pieces of rebar when a tie was cut. The employee holding the rebar dropped it while it was above the injured employee's hands, resulting in partial amputation to their left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high