Incident date: 2020-01-24
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was attempting to help another employee remove a 70 lb. stop/guide pin from leads. The injured employee's left ring finger was between the leads and the pin when the other employee struck the pin with a sledgehammer to free it. As a result, his left ring fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high