Incident date: 2022-04-02
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was performing a rebuild of an auto-rehanger carriage, replacing the shaft and bearings. He had installed the last shaft bearing and realized that it was not seated properly. While working to remove the bearing with a hammer, he struck the bearing housing; the shaft and bearing housing dropped approximately one inch, catching his left middle fingertip against the machine frame. The employee sustained an amputation to the finger.

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