Incident date: 2022-03-17
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was helping an excavator push a log into the ground. The employee's hand was between the grapple and the top of the log when the grapple released the log. The grapple settled downward and crushed the employee's hand against the log. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate