Incident date: 2021-03-20
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was positioning a steel beam to be welded. As the beam was being lifted to turn over, it got caught on rollers. It came loose while the employee was trying to dislodge it, and his left hand was caught between the beam and a roller. He suffered amputations to the first and middle fingers just below the nails.

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