Incident date: 2016-11-30
NAICS industry code: 333921

An employee was troubleshooting a sheave (the mechanism that lowers and raises an elevator) when the sheave rotated. His right middle finger was then caught and amputated between the sheave and the elevator cable.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Elevators
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high