Incident date: 2019-12-03
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was releasing a pin from a crane's rigging when the cable tightened and caught the employee's fingers between the cable and sheave. As a result, the employee sustained an amputation to the left middle finger just below the knuckle.

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