Incident date: 2025-03-18
NAICS industry code: 811111

A service repair technician was installing a heavy-duty truck flywheel when it fell. The employee went to catch it, and their right middle fingertip was caught between the flywheel and the concrete floor. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Engine, motor, and mechanical parts  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high