Incident date: 2016-10-10
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was loading equipment onto storage racks using a hoist. The hoist's up button was activated, causing the hoist hook to jump. The employee's left pinky finger was caught in the pinch point between the hook and the equipment, amputating her finger to the first knuckle.

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