Incident date: 2015-07-14
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was working with a rotomill machine on the ground checking asphalt depth. The employee used his foot instead of the air wand to remove excess. He caught his foot in the rotomill track injuring the right big toe. A physician amputated bone to close the wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high