Incident date: 2018-06-12
NAICS industry code: 333923

An employee was attempting to remove the pin of a track on a crawler type crane. The employee swatted at flies (insects) and his right hand was on the track as the crane moved forward. The employee's right hand pinky finger was caught in between the pads of the track and amputated to the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Cranes-other mobile cranes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high