Incident date: 2024-11-26
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was halfway up a 10-foot rolling ladder and securing tires from the top rack of a racking system when he lost his balance and fell. His right little finger got caught in a hole in a nearby tire racking system as he fell, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high