Incident date: 2024-12-17
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was assisting with unloading structural steel that a crane was picking up from a delivery truck and placing onto the ground. The employee's right hand was on a column base plate and a steel beam was next to it. The load shifted and severed his right thumb between the first and second knuckles. The employee sustained the amputation of his right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high