Incident date: 2016-01-08
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was maneuvering a fifth wheel plate onto the bucket of a front-end loader.  The employee and a coworker lost control of the plate, which fell flat.  As it fell, the employee's right middle finger got pinned between the top of the front-end loader bucket and the fifth wheel plate, amputating the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Front and power shovels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high