Incident date: 2019-07-30
NAICS industry code: 445299

An employee was lowering a 120-pound helical screw into a centrifuge using a chain fall suspended from an I-beam. When the screw fell quickly into place, the employee's right ring finger was caught between it and the shaft. The fingertip was amputated.

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