Incident date: 2021-10-14
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was putting a tub grinder chain onto the teeth of an excavator hook when their left index finger was pinched by the chain, resulting in amputation of the finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high