Incident date: 2022-11-22
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was using an overhead hoist to lift a core. Their thumb became caught between the core hook and the hoist hook during a lift, resulting in an amputation of the thumb at the first knuckle.

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