Incident date: 2016-11-17
NAICS industry code: 238990

While installing a gate, an employee's left middle finger was amputated above the knuckle when the gate pinched the finger as it was being hung.

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