Incident date: 2016-06-23
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was lifting a metal water gate and placing it into the front bucket of a loader.  The water gate shifted and the employee lost control of it.  His right pointer fingertip was caught between the water gate and the bucket of the excavator. His finger broke and was lacerated across the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate