Incident date: 2019-03-13
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was loading pipe onto a truck using an overhead crane with chains as the lifting attachment. The chain slipped while the employee's hand was on the chain amputating the left ring finger at the first knuckle.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high