Incident date: 2018-10-08
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was steering a three-wheeled sweeper that was being towed by a tow motor. The sweeper tilted while going through a curve, and a bar on it (which the employee was holding on to) hit the ground. The employee broke two bones in his left hand and severed his left pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high