Incident date: 2018-11-26
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee climbed up a turbine, inspected the chain hoist, and noticed that it was stuck. He was attempting to release the chain when it recoiled and pulled his hand into the hoist. He suffered a laceration to the left middle finger and a fracture to the left middle phalanx, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Windmills, wind turbines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate