Incident date: 2023-12-07
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was moving a concrete safety barrier when the barrier slipped against the other barriers. The connector pin and loop on the side of the barrier then caught and pinched the employee's right index fingertip and amputated it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Concrete parking blocks and barriers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high