Incident date: 2019-07-08
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was guiding a guardrail post out of the ground. It released from the hole with force and jumped up. The employee's right hand was pinched between the post and the boom of the puller machine, causing an amputation of soft tissue on the ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high