Incident date: 2018-11-02
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was erecting steel in an elevator shaft. A winch was engaged while his hand was on a cable, and his fingers were pulled into the snatch block. His first two fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high