Incident date: 2024-09-17
NAICS industry code: 237110

Employees were assembling trench shoring boxes above the ground. A large steel pin that was being installed dropped on the employee's hand, crushing it between another piece of steel. Their little finger was amputated and the ring finger was also injured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Fasteners  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high