Incident date: 2016-05-17
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was trying to unattach the hook from a lifting "eye" on the top of a compressor after it was moved when his pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between the hook and the "eye."

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high