Incident date: 2018-07-27
NAICS industry code: 331315

An employee was attempting to pull a 12" die when a synthetic web sling that was being hoisted by an overhead crane slid unexpectedly back down the shaft of the die, catching an employee's left thumb between the sling and the die. The employee's left thumb was amputated.

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