Incident date: 2025-03-19
NAICS industry code: 332312

On March 20, 2025, an employee was rigging and stacking steel beams on 4x4 wooden planks. While waiting to disconnect a steel beam, his left hand became caught between two beams, resulting in amputation of the thumb at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high