Incident date: 2018-10-01
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was operating an overhead crane, using it to move a 20-ton ladle. While the employee was unlatching the safety hook, the crane moved and the hook tightened on the employee's left hand, crushing it against the ladle trunnion/bar. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle, and the tip of the middle finger was crushed to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high