Incident date: 2024-03-22
NAICS industry code: 441110

An employee was starting a snowblower in a parking lot when they slipped on ice and their hand got caught in the rotating auger. This resulted in an open fracture of their right hand and a right index finger amputation later.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high