Incident date: 2020-07-28
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was removing a hydraulic access panel while doing maintenance on an excavator. The panel swung back and crushed the employee's hand against the excavator's track. The employee's left index finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high