Incident date: 2019-05-10
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was assisting in the removal of a trench box from an excavation. The employee noted that a rigging hook was stuck on a corner of the trench box and went to unlatch it. At the same time, the excavator operator lifted the rigging and the employee's middle finger was caught between the rigging and the trench box resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high