Incident date: 2017-06-16
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was landing a pallet jack that was elevated by a tower crane. As the crane lowered the load into a courtyard where the employee was located, the load struck something and started to swing. The employee's right hand was caught between the swinging load and the aluminum joists, crushing and amputating the ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high