Incident date: 2018-01-09
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was placing straps for a pile of plywood to be picked up by an excavator when the excavator operator released the excavator bucket, which fell and struck the employee's right middle finger. His right middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high