Incident date: 2021-05-11
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was testing a winch. When the employee went to wipe the winch with a rag, the rag was pulled in, pulling their hand in as well. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high