Incident date: 2022-05-11
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was moving a coil of metal with a crane using a C-hook. As he was moving the hook, his left hand was caught between it and a second coil of metal on the floor. His middle finger was pinched between the spine of the C-hook and the edge of the metal coil on the floor. He suffered an amputation to the flesh at the tip of the finger, as well as a fracture to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high