Incident date: 2018-07-05
NAICS industry code: 331222

An employee was using one hand to operate a hoist that held a wire-containing bobbin and one hand to guide the bobbin into the slot of a strander machine when the hoist started to lower faster than anticipated. The employee's left index fingertip was then pinched between the bobbin and strander machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high