Incident date: 2016-08-26
NAICS industry code: 332312

A crane operator and another employee were lifting two steel beams. The crane operator did not notice that the other employee had his hand between the beams. When he began lifting the beams the other employee's hand became caught between the beams resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high