Incident date: 2017-11-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was tensioning a cable between two posts when the tensioner released and the cable struck the employee's left ring finger, removing skin. The distal phalanx had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high