Incident date: 2017-08-11
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was setting up two pieces of a riser platform when one of the pieces got on top of the other. As he tried to lift up one of the pieces, his right middle finger was caught between the other riser piece, amputating his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high