Incident date: 2024-04-22
NAICS industry code: 111199

An employee was moving equipment when a loader bucket became dislodged from the holding pins and it fell on the injured employee's legs. This resulted in a lower leg amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine front attachments
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high