Incident date: 2022-07-15
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a 20-ton overhead crane to separate 40-foot pieces of angle iron. The pieces on the C-hook shifted, and the employee's left middle finger was caught between them. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high