Incident date: 2017-11-22
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was preparing rigging to lift concrete piers when his left hand was pinched between the chain and the pier as the lift was initiated, amputating a finger(s).

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