Incident date: 2017-04-13
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee pulled a 40-foot long spool (pipe hardware) from near the bottom of a skid using a rope that was tied between the crane outrigger (rear passenger side) and the pipe spool. As the outrigger was retracting, the employee's left hand and arm were caught between the outrigger base and the crane outrigger causing a crushing injury to the employee's left hand/wrist that resulted in surgical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Upper extremities, unspecified
severity: high