Incident date: 2017-10-19
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was moving an I-beam by rolling it. The I-beam rolled faster than anticipated, so the employee attempted to grab it. At that point, his finger was pinched between two beams. He lost the end of his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate