Incident date: 2024-08-22
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a line level to keep tension in a wire line. The wire became stuck and needed to be uncoiled. While the employee was uncoiling the wire, the wire pushed his left hand against the level, crushing his left middle finger. The employee sustained an amputation to the left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high