Incident date: 2024-11-19
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was turning a small beam that was perpendicular to a larger beam it was sitting on. The employee's little finger was caught between the flanges of both beams, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high