Incident date: 2018-09-18
NAICS industry code: 212322

An employee was attempting to set a pylon when the nylon sling that was holding the vertical pipe lost some tension and slipped over the employee's left pinky finger, then cinched back onto the finger and crushed it. The employee's pinky finger had to be surgically amputated.

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