Incident date: 2017-07-03
NAICS industry code: 236220

On July 3, 2017, an employee was erecting a system scaffold tower when it shifted, causing the employee's finger to become pinched between the wall and the scaffold system. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high