Incident date: 2019-12-13
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing a 1,200-pound switch on a man lift. He finished securing the switch and was removing the round sling from the hook when he noticed that the headache ball was still coming down. He tried to move his hand out of the way by moving the hook. His left hand was then caught between the beam and the headache ball, resulting in an amputation of the left index finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high