Incident date: 2018-06-28
NAICS industry code: 115112

Employees 1 and 2 were using a winch to load equipment onto a trailer. As employee 2 went to loosen the winch, employee 1's hand went between the equipment and the winch strap. Employee 2 accidentally tightened the winch instead of loosening it, trapping employee 1's left hand and resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high