Incident date: 2019-02-16
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was pulling the locking pin from an attachment on an excavator. Pressure buildup caused the pin to pull back. The employee's right hand was caught between the locking pin and the attachment and the tips of the middle and ring fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high