Incident date: 2018-10-27
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was lowering a valve machine into the cradle using a hoist and got his right index finger caught between the lifting ring and the cradle. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high