Incident date: 2024-11-08
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was removing a bucket from a backhoe. When the pin was removed, the hydraulic cylinder came down on the employee's little finger, resulting in a fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate