Incident date: 2024-02-04
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was inserting a block on a piece of equipment so he could install a bearing. The backup chock shifted and pinched the employee's index finger against the block he was installing. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Wheel chocks, blocks
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high