Incident date: 2018-10-09
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was bolting a steel beam (weighing approximately 720 pounds) to a structure when the steel plates shifted and pinned the employee's left hand. The employee sustained a broken left wrist, middle finger, and ring finger, as well as a severed thumb.

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