Incident date: 2023-04-28
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee had the base of a traffic light pole on a base plate to be inspected. The employee rolled the pole over by hand, to shift and straighten it. The pole rolled off the welding table and his fingers were pinched between the base plate and the welding table. Multiple fingers on his right hand were fractured and lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Lamp posts, street lights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate