Incident date: 2015-03-18
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee sustained a partial amputation to the left thumb while offloading steel from a truck. The hoisted material shifted, pinching the thumb between the load and the hook.

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