Incident date: 2016-10-26
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee placed a torpedo level on a post to straighten and level the post. Another employee was operating a hydraulic ram. When that employee activated the machine the first employee's left index finger was crushed. The finger was amputated at the hospital.

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