Incident date: 2015-06-28
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was operating an overhead crane to move steel coils. While raising the crane to remove the lifting chain, the employee had his right hand on the lifting chain. The end of the chain got stuck and started to pull the coil towards an adjacent coil. The employee's right ring and middle fingers were pinched between the coil and lifting chain. The employee required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate