Incident date: 2015-06-10
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was loading a transformer into the bucket of a Bobcat from the side. The Bobcat operator did not see him when he moved the bucket and caught the employee's right pinky finger in the joint/hinge where the bucket is attached and amputated the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high