Incident date: 2025-08-18
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was accessing a tensioned hook that required a hoist mechanism to be engaged. He was unhooking the lift hook from a shelf column when the "up" button was pressed, which released the tension on the pneumatic air hoist. The employee's right index finger was caught between the hook and the column, resulting in a soft tissue amputation and fracture to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high