Abstract: On May 11, 1993, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Employee #1, an experienced member of the bending crew, was resetting a lifting device. He inadvertently left his finger between the strap and the metal portion of the device (green head). When the side boom tractor operator winched up, Employee #1's finger was crushed, resulting in surgical amputation of a portion of the left index finger. Employee #1 acknowledged that he should have followed the proper procedure to complete the closure by placing the link over the matching collar and then stepping back. Instead, he had kept his finger in the pinch point while leaning on the pipe.