Incident date: 2025-08-22
NAICS industry code: 326160

On August 22, 2025, an employee was helping to move a 700-pound compressor cylinder cap head into position to slide down the bolt holes onto the bottom half of the cylinder. When a bolt hole aligned, his left index fingertip was caught in it. The cap came down and amputated the fingertip.

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