Incident date: 2025-03-06
NAICS industry code: 423510

Employees were using an overhead crane to lift bundles of bar to be placed on the saw rack for cutting. An employee's left hand was caught in the crane's pulley while the load was lifted resulting in torn flesh, crushed bone, and amputation of the left thumb at the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high