Incident date: 2020-06-24
NAICS industry code: 924110

An employee was unbolting two adjoining pieces of a steel walkway/platform frame on wood blocks at the bottom of the clarifier. He reached over and around the steel member, grabbing it with his left hand. The member fell approximately 1- to 3-inches, pinning his left index finger against a wood block and fracturing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate