Incident date: 2016-06-23
NAICS industry code: 712130

An employee was placing stones on each side of a waterfall when his hand became pinched between an excavator bucket and the 'thumb' of the excavator as he was undoing a strap for setting the stone.  His hand was lacerated and bruised.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate