Incident date: 2021-03-29
NAICS industry code: 333911

Employees were using an overhead crane to put a 500-pound water pump onto three V-shaped stands. The pump shifted, and an employee's right middle fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle by a hook from a strap on the pump and the stand.

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