Incident date: 2020-01-14
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was loading a 5-foot auger drill bit onto a flatbed truck. His right pinky finger was caught between the auger he was rolling and another that was already on the truck. He sustained amputation of the pinky finger below the lower knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Drill bits-unattached
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high