Incident date: 2020-05-21
NAICS industry code: 453310

An employee was running a tagline of an elevated load (conveyor bed) during an installation. As the load was lifted, the tagline became twisted around the employee's thumb. As the load moved, the rope caused an open wound to the right thumb that resulted in a thumb tip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high