Incident date: 2020-10-05
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee's right hand was caught in a pinch point between a cable and steel rods while he was shaking out steel rods at a new school construction site. His right thumb was amputated above the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high