Incident date: 2016-01-30
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was using a pry bar to guide the base of a jib crane over the bolts in the floor. The base was suspended by straps attached to a forklift. The base slipped in the straps and pinned the employee's right hand between the pry bar and the floor, breaking his right index finger and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate