Incident date: 2023-10-20
NAICS industry code: 561499

An employee was installing a coupler on a new wheel loader when the wheel loader shifted, catching the employee's right fingers and pinching them between metal. The employee sustained fractures to the index and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Loaders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate