Incident date: 2024-01-25
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was hooking up a mold (to be installed in a plastic injection molding machine) to an overhead crane, using a hoist ring mounted on the top of the mold. The hoist ring failed to connect to the hook, moved, and struck the employee's left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high