Incident date: 2023-09-12
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was installing a flange on an evaporator skid. The employee was holding the bar of a torque wrench when his hand was caught in the pinch point as another employee turned the wrench. He suffered a right middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wrenches-power not determined
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high