Incident date: 2022-06-24
NAICS industry code: 111199

An employee was installing an I-beam vertically in a doorway to close up flat storage. The I-beam began to fall and the employee held onto it so it wouldn't hit another employee. His left index finger was pinched between the beam and a skid steer amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high