Incident date: 2019-12-18
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a skid steer to move a metal pole stand, used to support a wooden electrical pole. The wooden pole slid on the forks of the skid steer and pinched the employee's right little finger against the pole stand. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high