Incident date: 2018-05-05
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a crane to lower a coupling box. He was guiding the coupling box onto another coupling box when his right ring finger was caught and amputated between the two coupling boxes.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high