Incident date: 2016-11-19
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was visually checking a rope that was pulling a conductor from an underground application through a block. As he turned to walk away, he put his arms down to his side. The rope caught the tip of his left-hand glove and pulled his fingers into the block. His left ring and pinky fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high