Incident date: 2024-10-25
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was installing a pin to secure an auger attachment to an excavator. As the excavator positioned the Kelly bar, the employee's left hand was caught between the first and second stage of the Kelly bar friction plates (flanges) connected to the auger. The employee sustained fractures to their index finger, middle finger, and thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thumb(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate