Incident date: 2021-01-25
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was connecting two concrete traffic barriers. As he was placing the securing pin between the two barrier pieces, one barrier shifted, pinching his hand between the two barriers. The employee sustained an amputation to the left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Concrete parking blocks and barriers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high