Incident date: 2024-12-30
NAICS industry code: 488210

On December 30, 2024, at 8:15 a.m., a welder was lifting a 500-pound load of metal (a quad) using a crane. The load became unstable and their left ring finger was caught between the load and the crane hook, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Cranes  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high