Incident date: 2024-01-04
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was helping a mechanic troubleshoot a jammed ATV winch hook. The winch switch was jogged inside the cab. As the employee was pulling on the hook, it rolled into the spool, and the employee's right index finger was caught in the spool resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: All-terrain vehicle (ATV)
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high