Incident date: 2024-07-10
NAICS industry code: 424470

An employee was unloading carcass hind quarters off the carcass trailer. The weight caused the hook and pulley to fall down onto the employee's hand, which caused his finger to get stuck in the wheel of the pulley and resulted in the amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high