Incident date: 2017-08-28
NAICS industry code: 336111

On August 28, 2017, an employee was installing a tire carrier through rework, which required inserting a pin into a part. He was inserting the pin when the holes became misaligned and the part moved, pinching and amputating his left index fingertip between the hole and a bracket.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high