Incident date: 2022-01-11
NAICS industry code: 561990

The employee was assisting a co-worker in lowering a truck into a container using a steel tie-down chain. The chain shifted under stress, catching the employee's right middle finger and resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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