Incident date: 2024-10-03
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee was removing a life ring stand mounted to the wharf so it could be moved to a new location. While unbolting the life ring base plate from the concrete, the employee's left index finger was caught between the metal plate and the concrete base surface. The employee sustained a tissue amputation to the left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high