Incident date: 2022-05-13
NAICS industry code: 111421

An employee was trying to rotate the drive shaft of a lateral sprayer with a crescent wrench. When the shaft rotated, the tip of the employee's left thumb was pinched between the wrench and the lateral cross-bracing, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Spraying and dusting machinery-agricultural
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high