Incident date: 2015-06-29
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee placed his right hand on top of a the cylinder of a tamping machine. The tamper came down onto the cylinder, pinching his right little finger and causing an injury that required the amputation of a portion of the right little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Pile drivers, tamping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high