Incident date: 2019-02-18
NAICS industry code: 712110

An employee and three other volunteers were lifting a children's climbing caterpillar (about 4 feet long) off two 2-inch posts. The employee's hand was caught between the caterpillar and a post. The tip of the employee's left middle finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Playground equipment
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high