Incident date: 2023-09-18
NAICS industry code: 336411

An employee was assisting with crane operations for a crane that was lifting a 20,000 pound shipping container. Something shifted and the container began to sway. The employee went to steady the load when his left little and ring finger were pinched between the container and the crane outrigger, resulting in fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate