Incident date: 2020-08-26
NAICS industry code: 423710

An employee was helping a crane operator move a valve off a pallet. The employee hooked up the valve by the shaft. When it was raised, the valve shifted and caught the employee's right index finger against the crane block. The fingertip was amputated.

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