Incident date: 2019-05-14
NAICS industry code: 321211

An employee was checking oil on a loader. He went to shut the side engine panel/cowling when his right index finger was smashed in the hinge area of the panel, requiring surgical amputation of the bone.

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