Incident date: 2015-01-26
NAICS industry code: 238910

Employee received a crushing injury to the right-hand thumb when the collapsible railing on a crusher plant's catwalk vibrated loose and pinned his thumb between the railing and catwalk. The thumb was partially severed and the bone broke. His thumb was later amputated at Rochester Mayo Clinic because blood flow to the thumb could not be re-established.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high