Incident date: 2024-03-21
NAICS industry code: 331511

On March 21, 2024, employees were using an aerial lift and a rope to lift a bucket out of a sand elevator. The rope broke and the equipment fell onto an employee's left hand, crushing it and resulting in fractures and a middle finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Buckets, baskets, pails
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high