Incident date: 2023-10-11
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was using a rigging sling to offload steel beams from a trailer when their left thumb was pinched by the sling, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Slings
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high