Incident date: 2024-07-16
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was unloading steel power poles from a trailer when the poles became off-balanced. The employee attempted to grab a pole when it slipped and pinched their right ring finger against another section of poles, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Utility poles
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high