Incident date: 2025-06-18
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was helping a crew move a section of a grain conveyor that weighed 600-lbs into the proper configuration. The piece of equipment was sitting on a transport cart. While turning the cart to align it, the piece of equipment shifted and the employee's right middle finger was pinched in a small gap between the equipment and the cart. The employee pulled his gloved hand away and suffered a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with non-running objects or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high