Incident date: 2020-01-24
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was attaching a shackle to a steel plate that was being lifted by a loader when the employee's left thumb was caught between the shackle and the steel plate, resulting in a left thumb amputation just past the fingernail. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high