Incident date: 2017-01-31
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was working underneath a trailer trying to remove a wheel with an air gun. The air pressure released causing the gun to jolt and catch the employee's hand between the floor and the bottom of the gun. The employee's right pinky finger was broken and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Impact wrenches-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate