Incident date: 2020-01-09
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was laying steel columns out for future placement with another employee and a crane. When the crane lifted the column, the material started rotating. The injured employee placed his hand on the column to stabilize it and his right ring finger was pinched between the shackle and the column, amputating the fingertip.

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