Incident date: 2021-01-05
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was inspecting components and contacts of a transformer load tap changer in a substation. When the equipment rotated, it caught the employee's left middle finger, causing an amputation at the nail bed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high