Incident date: 2024-01-31
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was using a chipping hammer to remove asphalt from around a manhole cover. The hammer got stuck and an excavator operator attempted to remove the hammer using an excavator bucket. The employee reached down to help when the hammer engaged, causing the bucket to jump and pin the employee's left ring finger between the bucket tooth and the hammer. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high