Incident date: 2015-05-18
NAICS industry code: 238310

The employee was preparing to dismantle scaffolding the employer had erected in the north stairwell of the building.  The employee stepped onto a scaffold platform and the walkboard gave way.  The employee fell 3-4 feet.  On the way down, the index and middle fingers of the employee's right hand were injured. The tip of the middle finger was amputated and the tip of the index finger was cut such that the tip was barely attached to the finger. The flesh of the index finger could not be saved and had to be amputated (no bone involvement).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high