Incident date: 2024-07-11
NAICS industry code: 333924

An employee was operating an overhead crane with one hand and lifting with the other while installing a push-back weight. His left middle finger was caught in the chain, which amputated the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high