Incident date: 2019-04-02
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was hooking up a sling for an excavator to move a piece of concrete pipe when the excavator operator pulled up on the sling, crushing the employee's left hand between the pipe and teacup.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate