Incident date: 2018-11-20
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was working on a gang wall when their hand was caught between a metal waler and plate washer while installing wall spacers. The left middle finger sustained a laceration requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate