Incident date: 2017-11-08
NAICS industry code: 333923

An employee was diagnosing a problem with a crane gear box when the employee's left glove was pulled into the gear box, crushing the employee's left index fingertip. The fingertip was eventually amputated. The crane was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high