Incident date: 2024-02-07
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee was loading a steel plate onto a fabrication table using an overhead hoist when their left little finger was caught between the plate and the table, resulting in crush injuries that required a surgical amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high