Incident date: 2022-10-21
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was using an impact gun to remove a nut from a pneumatic cylinder during the disassembly of a test cell. When the gun made contact with the nut, residual pneumatic pressure caused the cylinder to release. The employee's left hand was pinned between a rod end of the cylinder and the rod end plate. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for a hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate