Incident date: 2023-12-09
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was maneuvering a tower section into place. After the section seemed to have settled, he reached to steady his footing; the tower section then finished settling into place and crushed his right index finder, causing a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high