Incident date: 2016-06-22
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a tugger to pull electrical wiring when his right pinky finger was caught between the wheel on the tugger and the rope being used to pull the wiring, amputating his pinky fingertip and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high