Incident date: 2018-04-23
NAICS industry code: 333120

On April 23, 2018, an employee was loosening a bolt from a lifting device that was attached to a piece of steel when the steel shifted. The employee's left hand was caught between the suspended steel and another piece of steel, fracturing three fingers and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate