Incident date: 2022-05-03
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was in the bucket of a bucket truck, working to install messenger wire. The bucket put pressure on an existing communications cable, which snapped and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high