Incident date: 2015-05-06
NAICS industry code: 331110

On 05/06/2015, at approximately 4:30 PM, an employee was loading a railcar with finished product using an overhead crane. He was adjusting the lifting attachment for the crane when the load shifted, causing the employee's left thumb to get caught and crushed. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate