Incident date: 2018-08-08
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was attempting to disconnect the whip line from a lifter on a pre-cast concrete member. As the whip line got tension, the employee's left ring finger was caught between the lifter and the cable, causing a fracture and laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate