Incident date: 2015-01-05
NAICS industry code: 332312

While stairs were being installed using a sky trak at the Plano Assisted Living facility, an employee on the ground who was directing the stair placement got his left index finger caught between a metal stud and the stair.  The employee was transported to Methodist Richardson and had surgery the next day to amputate his finger at the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high