Incident date: 2019-01-30
NAICS industry code: 332991

An employee was loading the rings into the furnace. The employee was steadying the load with one hand and operating the hoist with the other hand when the lifting device pinched the end of their left middle finger resulting in amputation of one-half inch.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Material and personnel hoists
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high