Incident date: 2025-05-03
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was breaking down a tower crane and removing the boom. His right hand was crushed between the boom as it was being lowered and the crane's turntable. The employee sustained a crushing injury to their hand and the amputation of the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Cranes tower, self-erecting, pillar, hammerhead
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high