Incident date: 2025-07-07
NAICS industry code: 711310

An employee was working on mechanical repairs to a tractor that was on a 22-ton hydraulic lift/jack. The employee was loosening bolts on the rear differential when the jack failed/slipped, and the tractor came down, pushing the employee's drill to the ground. The employee's left hand was caught under the drill with the weight of the tractor pushing down on it. Two of his fingers were lacerated and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Other semi, tractor-trailer
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate