Incident date: 2022-10-05
NAICS industry code: 221121

An employee was loading a 45-foot pole onto a digger using a pole cradle to lift the rear of the pole when his left thumb was caught and broken. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate