Incident date: 2022-10-17
NAICS industry code: 333992

An employee was using a hoist to lower a welder onto a shipping pallet. The employee was lining up the pallet bolt holes with the welder base. A co-worker lowered the welder with the hoist controller and the employee's right index finger got caught between the welder and the shipping pallet, causing the employee to pull her finger out of the pinch point. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high