Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 311314

An employee was using a motorized chain hoist to lift a pump weighing 600 to 700 pounds onto a working table. The hoist, which weighed approximately 100 pounds, fell from an overhead crane onto the employee s fingers, resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high