Incident date: 2022-08-29
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was moving a utility pole that was propped up on a rack. When the employee grabbed the cutout bracket, the pole fell off the rack to the ground. His right middle finger was crushed between the cutout bracket and the cutout, and was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high