Incident date: 2024-06-21
NAICS industry code: 331492

An employee was using a service boom truck to assist in removing a bell crank on the front of a heavy duty pay loader. The employee attempted to unhook the cylinder from the bell crank with the boom truck when the lifting sling holding the cylinder moved, causing the employee's gloved fingers to be pinched between the bell crank and cylinder eye. The employee's middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Rollers, cylinders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high