Incident date: 2019-09-29
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was releasing a chain clamp on a two-way spreader used to lower a sheet pile when his finger was pinched between the chains and the sheet, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

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