Incident date: 2022-04-21
NAICS industry code: 327211

The counterweights on a crane had come out of the sleeve. An employee got the counterweights back in and was manually putting the limited movement chain back on the sprocket when it slipped, pulling their hand between the chain and sprocket. The employee sustained an amputation to the left index fingertip.

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