Incident date: 2018-11-06
NAICS industry code: 238910

A backhoe was removing tub and frame forms from a new drill pier foundation. An employee got his right index finger caught between the hoisting chain and the bucket of the backhoe resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high