Incident date: 2025-05-26
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee was setting a roof truss when their thumb became trapped between the roof truss and the steel plate. The distal phalanx of the thumb was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Structural elements  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high