Incident date: 2024-03-05
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was fixing a shifting load that was being hoisted on a cable elevator when his gloved hand got caught in the wire rope, amputating his right little fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high