Incident date: 2021-07-09
NAICS industry code: 237130

The employee was rigging a towing strap to a front-end loader to tow a truck out of the mud and onto matting. The front-end loader moved while the employee's thumb was between the vertical drop pin and the tow bar of the front-end loader, resulting in a partial thumb tip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high