Incident date: 2017-01-02
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was using an air impact wrench to tighten lug nuts on the vehicle he was servicing. His glove got caught on the rotating spindle as he was tightening the lug nuts on the vehicle and the employee suffered an open fracture and amputation of his left little fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Impact wrenches-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high