Incident date: 2025-04-21
NAICS industry code: 561920

An employee was operating a chain hoist to lift a lighting rig. The motor was phased inverted and caught the glove on his left hand in the chain, crushing his middle finger and amputating the fingertip. The employee required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high