Incident date: 2016-10-12
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was in a bucket truck with a jib (rope and pulley system). The employee was using the pulley system to pull up an insulator. While trying to pull up the insulator, the employee's hand was caught between the rope and the pulley resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high