Incident date: 2025-05-13
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was helping reeve a luff cable for a luffing jib crane demobilization. He was guiding cable into the luffer sheaves when his glove caught on a greased portion of the cable. His left hand was pulled into a pinch point between the cable and a spreader bar. He suffered lacerations, a fracture, and a tendon injury to the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Cranes  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate