Incident date: 2024-03-26
NAICS industry code: 811198

An employee was troubleshooting a leak in an air hose on a tire changer. While listening for the leak, the employee placed his right hand next to slider clamps. The clamps caught and crushed his right middle fingertip, resulting in an amputation.

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