Incident date: 2020-09-17
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was helping to install an M256 tube with a bearing assembly into a recoil mount in preparation for testing. While guiding the tube (which was being held by a crane) into the recoil mount, his gloved hand became caught, resulting in the amputation of two left-hand fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high