Incident date: 2021-06-24
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was hoisting material onto a rack when the hoist's mandrel became caught on the rack. The employee thought the material was in place and was attempting to unhook the chain from the hoist when their left index finger became caught in the lifting chain/hook, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high