Incident date: 2015-10-15
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was putting air into a tire and having trouble getting the tire bead to seal. The employee put a rag in between the rim and tire to assist the seal. When the employee went to remove the rag, the tire sealed and caught his right index finger, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tires, except bike
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high