Incident date: 2022-03-14
NAICS industry code: 326199

On March 14, 2022, an employee was using a crane to load a 2.5-ton ink roll into a printing press. When the suspended cylinder swung, the employee's middle finger was pinched between the crane coupling and the metal housing of the motor. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high