Incident date: 2024-12-02
NAICS industry code: 236115

On December 2, 2024, at approximately 9:00 AM, an employee was removing the drive head from an excavator. The drive head shifted and pinched their right hand against the excavator. The employee was hospitalized with crush injuries to the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine front attachments
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate