Incident date: 2020-05-02
NAICS industry code: 237310

At 4:00 p.m. on May 2, 2020, an employee was hooking a chain that connected an H-pile to a crane block. The crane started lifting the pile, and the employee's right index fingertip was pinched in the chain. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high