Incident date: 2015-07-27
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee had his hand on a spring he was building for a garage door. He pushed the lever to lock the clamp in its place, and his hand got caught under the clamp. He pulled his hand away, amputating his left thumb tip in the process. He was hospitalized and had thumb surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Clamps, couplings
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high