Incident date: 2022-10-17
NAICS industry code: 813110

An employee was removing a bucket from a backhoe and installing a larger one. He was inserting pins to secure the bucket when the bucket shifted and his hand was caught between the pin and the apparatus that holds the pin in place. The employee's little finger and ring finger were partially amputated.

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