Incident date: 2024-06-30
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was using a hydraulic torque wrench to remove bolts when their right index finger was caught between the torque wrench and bolt. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Wrenches, ratchets
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high