Incident date: 2019-10-07
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was helping to operate a hoist used to raise stone to an elevated work area.  The employee grabbed the cable on the hoist to help guide a lift when his finger went into the pulley.  The employee sustained an injury to his left pinky finger that required an amputation at the first joint below the nail.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high