Incident date: 2017-01-21
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was lifting an I-beam that weighted approximately 75 pounds using a rope. The employee's thumb was caught under the rope as the beam began to drop resulting in an avulsion injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate