Incident date: 2015-04-01
NAICS industry code: 562211

An employee working with a pry bar was checking if a bolt hole was properly aligned on the axle of a garbage truck. The axle slipped while his finger was in the hole, amputating his fingertip.

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