Incident date: 2016-03-30
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was attempting to set down an excavator attachment that was being lifted with an overhead crane when the attachment came loose and rolled onto the employee's foot, crushing it. The foot had to be amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: high