Incident date: 2019-11-20
NAICS industry code: 722513

An employee was trying to sit on the top level of a two-step ladder when the ladder folded up. Her finger was caught in between the steps of the ladder and she sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high