Incident date: 2024-04-18
NAICS industry code: 237130

Two employees were loading the directional drill bit into the bucket on a backhoe when the drill bit slipped and the injured employee's right ring finger was crushed between the drill bit and the bucket, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Drill bits
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high