Incident date: 2019-03-26
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was standing behind a lowboy trailer, and attempting to unload an excavator. His left hand was underneath the winch cable when the winch line activated, pinching the employee's left index finger between the roller and winch cable. The employee's fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high