Incident date: 2019-03-01
NAICS industry code: 238120

Employees were retracting the pullout extension on the end of the jib attachment on a 35-ton crane. An employee was pushing on the jib extension and his left index finger was crushed by the sheave on the end of the jib causing a fingertip amputation with bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high