Incident date: 2020-06-02
NAICS industry code: 423820

Two employees were assembling part of a tree spade. A pin in the stabilizer leg was not aligning in its hole properly. One employee was trying to find the groove between two bushings in the pinhole when the pin was pulled out, amputating the employee's left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high