Incident date: 2024-10-03
NAICS industry code: 452311

On October 3, 2024, at approximately 12:30 AM, a tire installer was replacing automotive tires on a passenger vehicle using a rim clamp tire changer when his left index fingertip was caught between the tire/rim and the clamp, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high