Incident date: 2015-04-21
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was assisting a mechanic in disassembling a gear box. The employee was holding an intermediate assembly inside the gear box when it shifted and created a pinch point between the assembly and the internal bore. The tip of one of the employee's index fingers was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Transmission-vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high