Incident date: 2023-09-05
NAICS industry code: 927110

An employee was performing rigging operations. While installing a pin into a 120-ton lifting shackle, the employee's right little finger was caught between the pin and the hole in the shackle. The employee sustained a laceration to the finger that required hospitalization, surgery, and possible amputation.

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