Incident date: 2025-03-17
NAICS industry code: 237110

On March 17, 2025, an employee was looking for an exhaust leak on a wheel loader when their left little finger contacted the fan, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
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