Incident date: 2023-02-16
NAICS industry code: 311312

An employee was adjusting the flat scratcher of a sweep cultivator when the metal tube of the scratcher slid down and caught the tip of the employee's left thumb between the pipe and C-clamp. The employee sustained a left thumb tip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high