Incident date: 2023-01-24
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was loading steel coils onto a ground storage rack using an overhead crane with a handheld remote. The employee placed his left hand on a coil when it drifted and pinched his middle finger between another coil. The employee suffered a skin avulsion that resulted in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high