Incident date: 2018-05-14
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was working on a strand pack (a frame that holds cable in place) and attempting to remove a section of cable when his fingertip was caught in the cable windings, resulting in a partial right index fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high