Incident date: 2024-12-11
NAICS industry code: 238910

Employees were putting in utilities during phase one of a subdivision construction/development. An employee was guiding a pipe that was being lowered/lifted into the ground by a backhoe. The pipe was attached to the backhoe with a chain. The employee's right hand was caught between the chain and the pipe. Their ring finger sustained a severe laceration/avulsion(s) requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate