Incident date: 2024-08-26
NAICS industry code: 488119

An employee was removing a rotary actuator at an outboard flap on an airplane. The actuator moved and cut the employee's left little finger, partially amputating the ball of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Airplane powered fixed wing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high