Incident date: 2022-06-10
NAICS industry code: 336390

The injured employee was helping to build a large differential (drive train for a vehicle) on a table. He was trying to fit the gears into the housing, then went to adjust a shim (washer) and asked a coworker to make an adjustment with a 3-pronged bar tool. The injured employee's right middle fingertip became caught inside the differential and was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high