Incident date: 2025-05-24
NAICS industry code: 561990

On May 24, 2025, an employee was repairing a lift machine (crane) that moves intermodal shipping contains on/off railcars. The employee was utilizing a hydraulic torque wrench to tighten bolts on a turn table bearing on the yoke of the crane when his right index fingertip was pinched between the wrench and the bearing. The employee's fingertip was amputated and was later reattached at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Wrenches, ratchets
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high