Incident date: 2019-08-23
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was using a jib crane with a magnetic attachment to lift a steel plate. While stabilizing the load with his left hand, the weight shifted and his left middle finger was pinched between the magnet and the hook partially amputating skin from the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high