Incident date: 2016-11-30
NAICS industry code: 322121

A crew was using a hand-chain hoist to move a large filter basket back into its housing when the basket moved unexpectedly and smashed the injured employee's right index finger against the housing. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Buckets, baskets, pails
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate