Incident date: 2021-10-05
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was using a remote controlled overhead crane to position a steel chock measuring 3 feet by 2 feet onto a roll. The employee handled the crane remote with his right hand and the wire rope with his left hand when the wire rope caught his left thumb, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high