Incident date: 2016-01-15
NAICS industry code: 325199

The employee was attempting to line up the holes of the heat exchanger with the holes in the heat exchanger support structure to reinstall the bolts that hold it together. The heat exchanger moved and caught his left thumb in a pinch point resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high