Incident date: 2023-09-13
NAICS industry code: 238910

A crew was rigging an RCP pipe to be lifted by a backhoe. The injured employee signaled for the operator to lower the pipe. He was adjusting the choker cable on the pipe when the pipe was lifted again. His left index and middle fingers were then crushed between the cable and the pipe, resulting in fingertip amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high