Incident date: 2023-12-20
NAICS industry code: 311423

A cable on a manlift came off the pulley. The injured employee grabbed the cable to place it back on the pulley. The manlift dropped, the cable was pulled tight, and the employee's left middle fingertip was crushed, resulting in an amputation.

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