Incident date: 2022-07-28
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was handling tangled steel cable. The cable suddenly twisted and the employee's left thumb was entangled in the cable, instantly amputating their index finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high