Incident date: 2016-08-04
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was repairing a backhoe using a pry bar to adjust the cylinder. The pry bar slipped and the cylinder landed on his left pinky finger, smashing and amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high