Incident date: 2025-03-17
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was using a hydraulic drive to extract a soil sample. The employee's index finger got caught in a pinch point of the bore mechanism, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drill apparatus
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high