Incident date: 2024-08-07
NAICS industry code: 236210

On August 7, 2024, an employee was respooling cable onto a crane tip sheave when their hand was pulled into and pinched in the sheave along with the cable. The employee sustained partial amputations to two fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Cranes  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high