Incident date: 2024-04-18
NAICS industry code: 562991

An employee was adjusting a septic tank that was being lowered into the ground by an excavator using a cable. The employee's hand was on the septic tank when the cable slipped off the excavator and caught their left thumb, amputating it at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Wire, cables nonelectrified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high