Incident date: 2015-04-09
NAICS industry code: 811213

On or about April 9, 2015, at approximately 1300 hrs. an employee suffered the amputation of the distal phalanges on the right hand pinkie finger. The employee was attempting to load a bundle of angle iron onto a vehicle when the load shifted in his hands and pinned his right hand to the structure of the vehicle.

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