Incident date: 2024-11-15
NAICS industry code: 335311

An employee was installing a cooling radiator on a large electric transformer when their right thumb was pinched between the bottom of the radiator and the mounting flange, resulting in the partial amputation of their right thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Engine, motor, and mechanical parts  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high