Incident date: 2016-05-12
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was holding the end of a cross tie to load it into a backhoe bucket when his right index finger was smashed between the cross tie and bucket, amputating his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high