Incident date: 2017-08-09
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was setting a steel beam while working out of an aerial lift when the beam leaned against the lift and pinched his left hand between it and the top rail of the man basket. His middle finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high