Incident date: 2022-03-28
NAICS industry code: 332311

A crane was moving metal beams from a conveyor. The crane did not activate the sensor on the conveyor, prompting an employee to pull on the metal beam. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the metal beam and the metal rod. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high