Incident date: 2024-01-26
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was wrapping a chain around a concrete manhole tube. An excavator, being used as a crane, started to lift the tube and cinched the chain. The employee's left middle finger was caught by the chain, which amputated the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high