Incident date: 2018-04-23
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was guiding a crane that was hoisting an air conditioning unit onto the roof. The crane released and the unit fell, snapping a riser clamp against the employee's right index finger, which was crushed and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high