Incident date: 2015-02-25
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee used the running line that was attached to the hook of a crane to pull himself up. The left tip of his middle finger and half of his ring finger got caught between pinch points (the rope and pulley), resulting in an amputation.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high