Incident date: 2020-06-08
NAICS industry code: 441110

A technician was removing a drive shaft from a truck. He disconnected the drive shaft from the transmission and then unbolted the swing bearing. When the shaft came free, it fell off the transmission jack that was supporting it and landed on his right hand. The hand was crushed and the pinky finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high