Incident date: 2021-10-26
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was guiding a boring rod on a vibratory plow trencher to install a conduit when the employee's hooding got caught on the boring rod, resulting in an amputation of the right little finger and potential fractures of the right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Trenchers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high