Incident date: 2024-10-31
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was tightening a winch cable wire rope on the front of a truck when his right index finger was caught between the winch rollers and a rope swage collar. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation, approximately to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Trucks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high