Incident date: 2015-10-23
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was untangling the cable from the block of the crawler crane.  Afterwards, the crane operator raised the block of the crane while the employee's hand was still on the cable.  The employee's left ring and middle fingers were amputated.

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