Incident date: 2019-11-27
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was hoisting a bundle of pipes, and the employee's right hand was positioned on the bundle for stability. The hoist's up button was pushed, causing the employee's right middle and ring fingers to become crushed between the pipes and resulting in the amputation of both fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high