Incident date: 2019-07-18
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee had been setting up a steel plate to cover an excavation. The employee signaled the excavator operator to move the plate using an attached chain. The employee's left hand became caught in the chain resulting in amputation of multiple fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high