Incident date: 2025-03-04
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was setting a steel reinforcing cage in an auger cast pile and removing synthetic rigging straps off of the vertical bars. Their right hand became caught between the rigging strap and the auger cast pile, resulting in hospitalization with an amputated little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Strapping, bands
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high