Incident date: 2019-05-13
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was removing a pin on the lift cylinder of a mini excavator when the cylinder fell. He tried to catch the cylinder and his right ring finger was crushed between the cylinder and the blade, causing a dislocation with an open wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Open wounds, unspecified
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate