Incident date: 2024-11-12
NAICS industry code: 488320

On November 12, 2024, an employee and a mechanic were fixing a tie rod on a straddle carrier. When the tie rod snapped into position, it pinched the employee's left thumb, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and the surgical amputation of the tip of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high