Incident date: 2021-11-03
NAICS industry code: 238910

An excavator had been used to lift a concrete cone to an upper level. When the cone was in place, an employee climbed up it to release the chains securing it to the excavator's coupler. The coupler's jaws closed on his foot, amputating five toes.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high