Incident date: 2020-12-16
NAICS industry code: 237130

Employees were using a chain to lower a new electrical pole into a hole. When the pole stopped moving, an employee moved to remove the chain from around the pole. The pole slipped down further and trapped the employee's index finger against the chain. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high