Incident date: 2019-04-03
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was dismantling masonry scaffolding with a partner from a six-foot ladder.  When he pulled one end of the 2x8 boards free the other end also broke free and caught his gloved left pinky finger in a pinch point between the board and a steel pipe. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high