Incident date: 2017-12-07
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was using an overhead crane with chain slings to flip a 24 X 16 X 20-inch mold weighing 1,500 to 1,600 pounds when the employee's left hand was caught, amputating the middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high