Incident date: 2018-01-29
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was securing a bell hook by wrapping a strap around the A-frame of a side boom when the operator moved the winch, causing the strap to fasten around the A-frame and the winch mounting bracket. The employee's left hand was then caught between mounting bracket and A-frame. The employee suffered a broken left hand, a ring finger compound exposure, and broken middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate