Incident date: 2024-06-24
NAICS industry code: 813312

An employee was conducting basic level 1 trail maintenance with a crew. The injured employee was operating a manual cable car intended to assist trail users in safely crossing a brook. His right hand became caught between the pulley system and cable where the car pulley sits and travels along. The employee sustained a crush injury, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation to the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Ski lifts, gondola rides
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high