Incident date: 2018-09-13
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was directing an excavator in the installation of water piping. The employee's left middle finger was caught and fractured between the excavator's quick disconnect and a piece of lumber. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate