Incident date: 2022-01-05
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was in a trench box next to an excavator spreader removing and replacing a sewage pipe. His right hand was on top of the trench box spreader bar when his thumb was partially crushed by the excavator bucket, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high