Incident date: 2015-07-29
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was holding a ladder for another employee to access the top of a bulk propane tank.  When the employee was in motion to step off of the ladder and onto the tank, the ladder slipped and amputated the employee's right hand thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high