Incident date: 2017-01-09
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee had rigged slings and shackles to a 419-pound fan silencer and communicated to the crane operator via radio to cable up. A coworker was helping stabilize the silencer because it was upside down in the shipping crate. While trying to stabilize it, an employee's fingers were caught between the silencer leg and the ground.  His left index fingertip was crushed and had to be amputated, and his left middle finger was lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high