Incident date: 2020-03-22
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was conducting a service call for replacement and assembly of a windmill gear box. The employee picked up the pillow block and while setting it into place, his left middle finger was pinched between a plate hole and the stud of the nacelle bed plate main frame. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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