Incident date: 2024-10-03
NAICS industry code: 333618

An employee was manually pushing an engine block that weighed 1,000 pounds into a rollover cage when their right index finger became caught between the engine block and the cage, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
code_source: title: Combustion engine blocks, cylinders, pistons
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high