Incident date: 2021-08-16
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was operating a small jib crane in the shop to lift a small valve. While adjusting the rigging around the valve to position it, the employee's left ring finger was caught between the rigging and the valve, resulting in a partial amputation before the first knuckle and the removal of the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high