Incident date: 2022-03-01
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was positioning a 3-foot reinforced steel pipe in a pond. The pipe had been lifted with an excavator using a cable hook to hold a chain. The chain was wrapped around the pipe in a choker position. While the employee's right hand was on the pipe, about 6 inches from the chain, the excavator moved forward and the chain caught his hand. His thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high