Incident date: 2018-02-19
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was changing electrical poles. The employee grabbed the chain to try and move it up on the pole and pinched the left thumb between the pole and chain. The tip of the thumb was crushed and amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high