Incident date: 2018-08-07
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on the roof (new two story house) fixing an incorrectly installed metal flashing. As he was lifting the metal flashing to add a peel stick, a roof drip edge flashing came out of its box and landed on his left hand, resulting in the amputation of his left middle finger from the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Flashing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high