Incident date: 2020-11-17
NAICS industry code: 336399

On November 17, 2020, employees were replacing a steel core. The injured employee was releasing air from the airshaft by depressing the air valve while a forklift operator was removing the airshaft from the steel core. The injured employee's right index finger was pinched between the steel core and the airshaft causing a partial fingertip amputation.

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