Incident date: 2024-01-19
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was moving a steel utility pole on the manual conveyor. When pushing the pole and reaching for paperwork that was inside the pole, the employee's right middle fingertip was pinched and amputated.

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