Incident date: 2015-11-25
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee received a distal amputation of his left middle finger while transporting a cart loaded with scaffolding. The rolling cart shifted and the employee's hand was pinched between the cart handle and an I-beam.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high