Incident date: 2024-03-07
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was washing out the back of a hydro excavation truck when their left middle finger was caught between the hydraulic ram and the back of the debris tank., resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high