Incident date: 2021-04-23
NAICS industry code: 336360

An employee was using an overhead crane to move a metal coil of steel from a machine and place it on a skid. The coil shifted while being set down and pinched the employee's left ring finger amputating the fingertip just below the nail bed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high