Incident date: 2018-04-09
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was using a chain to install sewer pipes with the assistance of an excavator when his thumb was caught between the chain and the pipe, resulting in a partial amputation.

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