Incident date: 2024-09-30
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was loading bundles of steel onto a gondola-style railcar. When an overhead crane lowered a bundle into the railcar, the horizontal wood cribbing shifted. The employee noticed and directed the crane operator to lift the bundle approximately six inches. They proceeded to adjust the wood cribbing and then directed the crane operator to lower the lift. The employee's right hand was positioned in a pinch point between the horizontal wood cribbing and the bundle of steel or lifting chain, resulting in the amputation of their right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high