Incident date: 2025-03-23
NAICS industry code: 238220

Employees were using a crane to move pieces of an air handler off a roof. They were lowering a sand wheel with the crane. When the sand wheel touched the ground, the injured employee went to stabilize it. The steel cable used to rig the sand wheel moved and caught his thumb, causing an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wire, cables nonelectrified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high