Incident date: 2019-07-15
NAICS industry code: 321219

Employees were using an overhead crane to move logs. One employee was controlling the crane with a remote control. Another employee had his right hand on top of the hoist block when the block was raised. The employee's index finger was caught between the block and a pipe resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high