Incident date: 2024-04-03
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was expanding the core of a precast concrete form with an air hose when their left hand fingers became caught in a pinch point between the bottom and inner portions of the form, resulting in multiple fingertip amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Structural elements  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high