Incident date: 2015-04-23
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was lowering material from the first floor to the basement using a hoist.  He put his left hand on the wire rope to position the load as he lowered it. His pinky finger got caught between the wire rope and the hoist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high