Incident date: 2017-02-20
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was holding the rigging line while he was signaling the operator to lift the load. As the load was lifted up, it shifted and his left hand little finger was caught between the rigging strap and the lifting box and was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Strapping
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high