Incident date: 2019-06-13
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was standing on a level surface and was using his hands to guide an iron column, which was being moved by a small tower crane. As he was guiding the suspended column, his finger was caught between a flange of the column and a tie-back cable (for a swing-stage) that was behind him. This resulted in a crushed right index finger and a laceration to the right middle finger. Following the injury, his right index fingertip was amputated at the hospital (from the top knuckle up), and his middle finger required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high