Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was assisting another machinist with removing a finished part from a lathe. A crane equipped with a nylon sling was being used to lift the ~2,600-pound part from the lathe and move it onto a pallet. While the part was being set down on the pallet, the sling shifted, causing the employee s left middle finger to be pinched between the part and the sling. The employee's finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Cranes  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high