Incident date: 2024-04-02
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was using an impact wrench to tighten a bolt when their finger became caught between a washer and the wrench as the bolt was being tightened. They sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Wrenches, ratchets
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high