Incident date: 2017-02-09
NAICS industry code: 811310

Two employees were unloading equipment with a truck-mounted spooling crane cable. They attempted to untangle the cable by spooling it out. The first employee's hand was on the spool when the second employee engaged it. The cable then amputated the first employee's thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Cranes-truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high