Incident date: 2019-09-26
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was evaluating metal floor grates in a stairway platform. The employee attempted to reset a metal floor panel in the stairway platform when the grate broke free. The employee's thumbs were crushed between the dislodged grate and a cement step. Both thumbs were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Grates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high