Incident date: 2024-11-25
NAICS industry code: 332919

On November 25, 2024, an assembly line employee was preparing to hoist a fully assembled cast iron fire hydrant using a C-clamp hoist. Their left index fingertip became caught between the hook and the eye ring resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high