Incident date: 2016-10-18
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was performing crane/hoist operations and was directed to shutdown operations and move the crane to another location. The employee was preparing to lock the boom for storage when the crane operator energized and activated the carriage boom, causing the boom pinhole to slide and pinch/amputate the employee's right thumb and right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Cranes-other mobile cranes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high