Incident date: 2016-06-10
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was reinstalling a cutting shoe on a direct push tube soil sampling rod. The dual tube rod slid out of the tensioner that was being used to hold it up and fell back down the bore hole, amputating the employee's right index finger below the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Tool parts, accessories, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high