Incident date: 2015-08-25
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee sustained an injury to his left ring finger which resulted in an amputation of a digit on his left ring finger at the hospital. The employee's gloved hand was caught by the wire rope on the crane while he was conducting crane inspection activities.

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