Incident date: 2020-03-31
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was replacing a wheel on a kiln cart. He was aligning the wheel with the wheel bracket when the wheel dropped down and pinched his left middle finger, amputating 1/3-inch from the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wheels, tire rims
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high