Incident date: 2025-04-14
NAICS industry code: 623990

An employee was working on a hitch, using a hydraulic vise to hold it in place. His left index finger was caught between the vise and the hitch, and his fingertip was crushed. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vises, clamps
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high