Incident date: 2019-09-19
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was placing steel abutments onto a sled (a setup and transportation tool) using a hoist. Two abutments were being lifted in the hoist. As the employee placed one of them, the second one swung back toward it, pinching the employee's left ring finger between the two. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing exploratory surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate