Incident date: 2016-03-28
NAICS industry code: 213112

On March 28, 2016, at approximately 11:20 p.m., an employee exited his excavator and peered into the bin where he was placing additives. Wearing metatarsal gloves, the employee placed his left hand on the side of the bin. A piece of metal, used as a trough, was not secure and slid against his hand, amputating his left pinky finger down to the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high