Incident date: 2016-08-17
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was rigging to lift a spring can that weighed approximately 250 pounds using a hoist hook. His left hand entered the hoist hook's point of operation, crushing and breaking his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel hoists
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate