Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 237310

An excavator was being used as a crane to perform rigging operation. An employee was guiding additional drainage into place when their right index finger was caught between the wire rope and the load resulting in medical amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Excavators
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high