Incident date: 2015-11-02
NAICS industry code: 336310

An employee was running the overhead crane to unload coil from a flatbed truck when his finger was caught between the board and the coil as he lifted the crane.  He lost 50 percent of the distal tip of his right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high