Incident date: 2021-06-10
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee and two co-workers were using a crane to move a work reel weighing approximately 6.7 tons onto a frame for production. The employee was acting as a spotter when their hand was crushed between the frame and the base of the reel being lowered by the crane. The employee suffered a left middle fingertip amputation.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high