Incident date: 2017-08-24
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was replacing a broken pin at the sorter bay. After removing the pin, the employee used a carter pin to energize the valve. The cylinder rod extended and he used his left index finger to check the alignment of the clevis and Pad-I. The carter pin slipped, causing the valve to de-energize and the cylinder to retract and amputate his left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high