Incident date: 2016-10-05
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was positioning metal next to hydraulic clamps to prepare the metal for tack welding. The clamp actuated while the employee's finger was between the metal and the clamp, crushing the employee's fingertip. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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