Incident date: 2017-06-14
NAICS industry code: 213112

On June 14, 2017, an employee was oiling the thumb of an excavator when the employee's hand became trapped between the excavator's bucket and thumb. The employee suffered left hand fractures and lacerations, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate