Incident date: 2024-03-08
NAICS industry code: 238210

A bracket was being removed from a light pole. The bracket slipped, fell, and struck the right hand of an employee who was standing below. The injured employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Fasteners  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high