Incident date: 2019-11-18
NAICS industry code: 713910

While directing the operator of a backhoe, an employee was lining up the last four tubular braces with the inner short tube of the trench box wall. His gloved left hand was caught between the two tubes and his index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high