Incident date: 2020-01-27
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was erecting a masonry scaffold when his left index finger was pinched between the cross brace and the frame of the scaffold, resulting in the amputation of the distal phalanx of the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high