Incident date: 2016-08-08
NAICS industry code: 811111

An employee was changing the shock absorber on a military truck when the replacement shock absorber shifted during installation and amputated 1/2 an inch of the employee's left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high