Incident date: 2019-11-03
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was mounting a tire on a tire changing machine. He was attempting to clean off debris from the automated duck head when his right index fingertip was pinched between the duck head and the wheel of the tire, resulting in a partial finger amputation. The duck head was in motion at the time of the incident.

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), unspecified
severity: high