Incident date: 2018-05-09
NAICS industry code: 326291

An employee was helping another maintenance employee install a hydraulic cylinder. During installation, the square cylinder base was not fully seated in the slot. The injured employee's finger was pointing to where the cylinder was stuck when the 90-pound cylinder base dropped down and pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high