Incident date: 2025-01-30
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was assisting a lineman to get a wire strand unstuck from a reel. A vehicle was driving by and caught the strand on the ground; the employee's arm and hand were caught by the strand and crushed in the reel. The employee sustained amputations to fingers and required surgery for her hand. Some fingers were reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Roadway vehicle  motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high