Incident date: 2016-08-10
NAICS industry code: 115116

An employee was putting in a steel post approximately 6 feet tall and 6 inches in diameter when he was struck by the bucket of a mini excavator. His hand was caught between the top of the post and the bucket of the excavator, amputating his left-hand pinky and ring fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Mini excavators
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high