Incident date: 2024-01-17
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was assisting with replacing a cable on a boom hoist. He was working near a bridle, to assist the cable through the horizontal sheaves, when his gloved left little finger was caught between the cable and a vertical sheave, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high