Incident date: 2018-02-22
NAICS industry code: 423860

An employee was un-tensioning a chain that was used to secure a crane counterweight to a trailer deck when the chain rolled and pinched the employee's left index fingertip between it and the counterweight. The employee's nailbed and ligament were damaged, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate