Incident date: 2024-09-18
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was helping line up concrete panels while a team member used an impact wrench to fasten flange screws to keep the panels together. The employee's left thumb was caught in the formwork and flange screw, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Plates, slabs  concrete and stone
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high