Incident date: 2024-02-08
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was using a rope to hoist a broken water pump out of a basement. The pump caught on a ledge. The employee was holding the rope with his right hand and a rail with his left hand, working to dislodge the pump. When the pump came free, the rope pulled taut and contacted his left ring finger. The fingertip was amputated at the last joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high