Incident date: 2019-12-04
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was putting a wheel loader cylinder in place on a piece of construction equipment when the cylinder started to roll and crushed his right index and middle fingers resulting in fingertip amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high