Incident date: 2015-09-08
NAICS industry code: 333921

An employee was helping to install an elevator. He was lifting a counter weight frame while using a hoist. The rope being used got tangled in the cylinder. While attempting to straighten it, his hand got caught. He tried to withdraw his hand, and three fingertips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Elevators
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high