Incident date: 2015-07-29
NAICS industry code: 221113

An employee working South of Delta cooling tower was removing a 380 lb. stuffing box from packaging using a grove crane. The crane was not involved. As the employee was moving the stuffing box on the skid he pinched his left pinky between the box and the shipping crate amputating his left pinky tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high