Incident date: 2025-08-13
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was helping a crane operator rig a chain around two bundles of steel tubing. The hoist was raised, and the employee's thumb was caught between the chain and a steel tube. The employee suffered a broken thumb and damage to the thumbnail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate