Incident date: 2023-02-06
NAICS industry code: 332710

On February 6, 2023, at approximately 5:00 p.m., an employee was inspecting a hoist. While the employee was conducting the wire rope inspection, his glove was caught on the wire and his finger was pulled into the pinch point between the drum and wire. The employee suffered an amputation of his left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high