Incident date: 2023-11-06
NAICS industry code: 453998

On November 6, 2023, at approximately 3:15 PM, an employee was removing bands from a stack of railroad ties in the company parking lot. A railroad tie fell, crushing the employee's right hand and partially amputating the little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high