Incident date: 2017-10-13
NAICS industry code: 327331

On October 13, 2017, an employee was operating a crane to move a counterweight block when his left ring finger was pinched between the counterweight block and the frame of an adjacent automatic saw. His finger was fractured and lacerated, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate