Incident date: 2018-08-23
NAICS industry code: 238910

While backing up an excavator, an employee reached out to pull in a mirror to avoid striking a telephone pole. The employee's hand was caught between the mirror and pole, resulting in fingertip amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high