Incident date: 2020-05-13
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was repairing equipment with the aid of a hoist. Another employee accidentally made contact with the hoist controller, causing the hoist to rise and amputated the first employee's finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high