Incident date: 2023-10-02
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was installing an extension into a concrete cylinder testing machine. When the employee loosened the set screw, the top of the cylinder dropped approximately 20 inches, crushing the employee's left index finger and resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high