Incident date: 2022-03-10
NAICS industry code: 237310

On March 10, 2022, two employees were about to change out a set of rubber tracks on a skid steer. They had hooked up the chains to attach the skid steer to a ceiling hoist and were beginning to raise its front when one employee noticed that the chains had slipped. The employee was trying to grab a chain when it crushed his left little finger against a piece of equipment on the skid steer's arm, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Overhead hoists-electric powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high