Incident date: 2018-05-11
NAICS industry code: 221119

An employee was working on a vice that was not cranking down, so the employee tried to push down on the side of the vice. The vice let loose and the employee's right pinky was crushed between the anvil side and the mechanical side of the vice. The employee eventually required a medical amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Vises, clamps
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high