Incident date: 2019-07-22
NAICS industry code: 452112

An employee was loading a one-person aerial lift onto a trailer and securing the lift to the trailer with a come-along. A hook from the come-along came loose from its attachment point on the trailer. The tension from the come-along cable ratchet system caused the hook to fly back toward the employee, striking and injuring his left thumb resulting in medical amputation of the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high