Incident date: 2024-02-24
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was manually adjusting the closing rods for the clamshell inside a concrete crushing machine when his left hand was caught between the rod and the washers. His thumb was injured and he sustained an amputation to the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Agitators, mixers earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high