Incident date: 2015-07-03
NAICS industry code: 721211

An employee was tying a horse to a rail with a lead rope when the horse suddenly pulled away. The employee's left thumb got caught in the rope knot. As the horse pulled, the employee's finger got squeezed between the pipe fence and the knot, amputating her thumb between the first and second joints.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Ropes, ties, chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high