Incident date: 2017-05-03
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was using an impact wrench to repair an air brake when the employee's right hand thumb and second fingertip were caught and amputated by the wrench.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Impact wrenches-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high