Incident date: 2021-04-06
NAICS industry code: 236220

On April 6, 2021, an employee was prying off formwork from an elevated beam and had one hand placed on a shoring frame head. When the 4x4 board came loose, one end of the board hit the employee's pinky finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high