Incident date: 2018-03-20
NAICS industry code: 335210

An employee was lifting a 500-pound backpan with a crane when slack in the line caused the backpan to drop. He tried to catch the backpan, which severely injured the middle finger on each hand. His left middle finger had to be surgically amputated.

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