Incident date: 2025-05-14
NAICS industry code: 811310

Two employees were working at the hydraulic shop refilling a square dump truck cylinder. While pushing the piston back on top, the cylinder fell onto the injured employee's little finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger to the distal knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Hydraulic and pressurized cylinders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high