Incident date: 2017-01-26
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee was in a man basket spooling wire rope using a chain. The employee's hand was on the rope when the chain moved and caught his right thumb resulting in an amputation of the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high