Incident date: 2015-08-14
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was disconnecting an attachment from the boom of an excavator for a transmission crew. When the connecting pin was removed, the 100-pound auger motor he was working on fell and crushed the end of his left pinky finger. He suffered an amputation of the distal end/joint of that finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Engine, engine block, motor-vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high