Incident date: 2020-07-09
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was rigging a heat exchanger to a crane. As the crane was applying tension to the load, the rigging slipped. The employee was trying to move the rigging back into place when his hand was caught in the pinch point. Three of his fingers were broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate