Incident date: 2024-03-13
NAICS industry code: 332913

An employee was replacing a rubber pad on the cylinder of a test station. Their right index finger was caught between a hydrant and a pneumatic cylinder of the test machine resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high