Incident date: 2019-07-19
NAICS industry code: 532412

A service technician was installing an excavator's hydraulic cylinder by hand when it slipped and his right index finger was caught between the base of the cylinder and the "thumb" (a part of the bucket and boom arm). The employee sustained amputation of the right index fingertip without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high