Incident date: 2025-08-26
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was assisting with setting up a trench box using a lifting chain. The employee s left index fingertip was pinched between the trench box and the chain, resulting in a traumatic amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high