Incident date: 2021-06-09
NAICS industry code: 236210

A rotomill was being used to cut up a highway. An employee was on the ground, checking the depth of the cut, when the machine's hydraulic side plate was lowered. Three of the employee's fingers were caught by the cutter blade and injured including amputation of a finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high