Incident date: 2023-10-05
NAICS industry code: 336211

The injured employee was installing fan belts and alternators. Another employee came into the work area with a torque gun and began poking the injured employee with the tip of the torque gun and then activated the tool. The spinning tip of the torque gun caught the injured employee's left glove and amputated her middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by physical contact during horseplay
code_source: title: Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high