Incident date: 2019-05-11
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was connecting a vibratory hammer using a 2-inch, 10-foot choker. The employee contacted the point of operation at the sheave and cable and their right ring finger was amputated below the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high