Incident date: 2017-08-11
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was preparing two splice plates for connection to a beam when the bottom splice plate fell open and onto a J-hook. His left-hand fingertips were pinched and fractured between the edge of the J-hook and the concrete bridge deck, and his left thumb was dislocated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate