Incident date: 2024-05-13
NAICS industry code: 221122

On May 13, 2024, an employee was in the process of attaching a winch rope backup to its anchoring point when the winch engaged with his hand on the rope. His right index fingertip got caught between the roller and the frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation through the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high