Incident date: 2023-04-26
NAICS industry code: 517410

On April 26, 2023, at 9:50 AM, an employee was installing a ladder rack on a company vehicle when the lowering arm of the ladder rack shifted, causing a bolt to slip and catch the wedding ring on his left ring finger. The employee sustained a laceration/avulsion to the left ring finger between the first and second knuckles that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate