Incident date: 2020-03-19
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was spooling out cable with a power winch. There was slack in the cable. The winch was put into forward, then reverse; the cable tensed and caught the employee's finger against the metal housing. The employee's fingertip was amputated (without bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Winders, unwinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high