Incident date: 2023-02-27
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was preparing a grader ripper to be removed from the shop. As the employee pulled a pin to change the angle on the grader ripper, their finger struck a nearby chain, resulting in partial amputation of the right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high