Incident date: 2020-11-03
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was dislodging a rock from the conveyor belt of the rock crusher using a piece of rebar/pipe when the employee's right hand slid into a pinch point between the frame of the equipment and the rebar resulting in a partial amputation of the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high