Incident date: 2018-06-21
NAICS industry code: 236220

Two employees were installing center bars, plates, and nuts on cased micropiles. As one employee was holding the center bar with a pipe wrench, the injured employee went to lift the plate. The wrench was released which caused the nut to catch and pull the plate down. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the plate and the casing; the first digit was amputated.

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