Incident date: 2022-03-12
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was installing a pipe into a placing boom. The pipe was suspended by a tower crane with a nylon strap using the hitch and a half hitch rigging method. The pipe slipped in the rigging and dropped 3 to 4 inches, crushing the employee's right thumb and little finger. The thumb was amputated and the little finger was severely lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high