Incident date: 2020-08-14
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was mounting a tire. The tire machine robot arm's head was pressing against the edge of the lip of the wheel; it then slipped off the wheel and down onto the tire, pinching the employee's right little finger against the tire rim. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high