Incident date: 2024-11-25
NAICS industry code: 423820

Two employees were working to set a new feed mixer box onto a truck for transport. The injured employee was holding the scale frame as the box was lowered onto the truck chassis. Their left index finger was pinned between the metal pieces of the box resulting in amputation at the distal knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high