Incident date: 2021-11-04
NAICS industry code: 111422

On November 4, 2021, an employee attempted to unbolt a lamp post that was attached to a pulley system and tethered to a forklift. While the load was suspended, the employee reached under the lamp post to remove a nut and bolt. The load shifted and the lamp post landed on the employee's hand crushing their fingers and resulting in a partial finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Lamp posts, street lights
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high