Incident date: 2016-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238990

An excavator was lifting a compactor out of an excavation. The cable that was used to lift the compactor slipped and an employee was repositioning the cable when his finger was caught between the cable and the compactor resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high