Incident date: 2023-05-08
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was using a chain hoist to remove timbers used to create a void in sand molds. The employee's hand was at the base of the chain hoist hook when their ring finger was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high