Incident date: 2018-06-18
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was changing a metal wheel on a print cylinder transport while a coworker supported the side of the transport with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the employee's right index fingertip was caught between the metal wheel and the side of the transport, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high