Incident date: 2023-10-10
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was operating an overhead crane while guiding the flange of a steel deck into place to be welded. The chain clamp slid to full extension, causing the flange to reposition. The steel deck came down on the employee's left little finger resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high